Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - July 2006

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Bin Laden Says Will Take Fight to America
(Full Story)

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said his group reserved the right to fight the United States on its land and warned Washington and the world community against sending forces to Somalia, according to an Internet audio tape.

"We will fight its (U.S.) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish it on its land and anywhere possible," said the speaker, who sounded like the Saudi-born militant.

"We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia," he said of the African nation where Islamists' power is rising.

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[Oorang]

Banned Islamists spawn front organisations

Al-Ghurabaa tries to ensure survival with groups across UK
Ian Cobain and Nick Fielding Saturday July 22, 2006

A British Islamist group which is to be outlawed under new anti-terror laws has already formed scores of front organisations in an attempt to ensure its survival, according to investigators in New York. Al-Ghurabaa, formed by Omar Bakri Mohammed before he fled to Lebanon in the wake of the 7/7 bombings, heads the list of four organisations which are to be proscribed under legislation which prohibits the glorification of terrorism.

However, an investigation by police in New York - where al-Ghurabaa raised funds and recruited members under another name - alleges that it has formed 81 front organisations, support groups and affiliates in six different countries. The overwhelming majority are based in London, the home counties, the Midlands, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Excerpted

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1826510,00.html

Fazl calls for joint Muslim resistance: Israeli aggression against Lebanon

PESHAWAR, July 21: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has asked the leaders of the Ummah to dispatch their armed forces under one banner to resist the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

Speaking at the Friday congregation at Mamakmandi mosque here, he said the Muslim countries should from a united army for ending persistent Israeli aggression and the US policy of blackmail in the Middle East. He held the US equally responsible for the current Israeli aggression in Lebanon and instability in the Middle East.

Excerpted

http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/22/nat8.htm

Denver Muslims Blame Israel For Ongoing Conflict

DENVER The Colorado Muslim Society in Denver believes Israel is to blame for the escalating violence.

They held a meeting Friday with the Muslim American society to discuss the conflict and the political issues involved.

The Muslims wanted to hear more support for ending the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon and criticized President Bush and the U.S. government for its support. They said Israel is responsible and America shares the blame.

Excerpted

http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_203000108.html

[MamaDearest]

A Saudi national who had been accused of threatening to bomb an airplane has been released from custody after authorities dismissed charges against him.

Perhaps those authorities were out on one of those three cocktail lunches before they made this decision? There can be no other rational reason they would do something as potentially dangerous to American citizens otherwise.

"I'll leave that to the discretion of 26 or however many grand jurors may be impaneled," Faircloth said. The grand jury should meet soon, the judge said.

Add this judge to the list of extremely questionable judges who dole out minimal sentences to child molesters, rapists, and terrorists. Was this judge appointed or elected??????

[MamaDearest]

This was on Jill St. Claire's site today (and keeping Jill in my prayers - with thanks for her hard work):

The map of the strategic positions and the nuclear one in Israel

Snip: "O the Hezbollah this is the golden opportunity for the revenge on these pigs, used all your store from the weapon"

[MamaDearest]

However, an investigation by police in New York - where al-Ghurabaa raised funds and recruited members under another name - alleges that it has formed 81 front organisations, support groups and affiliates in six different countries.

Like cockroaches, they reproduce. Until and unless the free world removes the stranglehold of these organizations, by whatever means necessary, it will become more difficult to extract them from a peaceloving socieity worldwide.

Banned cleric bids to flee Beirut

Snip: Controversial Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, who was banned from the UK, has attempted to board a ship evacuating Britons from Lebanon.

Mr Bakri Mohammed argued he should be allowed back to see his children but was turned away by British officials.

Islamic Jihad: Israel's deadliest threat

Snip: Of all the Palestinian terrorist groups, Islamic Jihad is one of the most complex and dangerous. It's smaller than Hamas, but well trained. And its members carry out their war against Israel with deadly intensity. The soldiers' Jihad chant goes like this: "Our model is the Prophet, our constitution is the Koran, our way is Jihad, our best wish is to die in Allah's way.”

Khan Younis, a city west of Gaza, is a real hub for terrorists and houses an Islamic Jihad training camp. A CBN News source spent time with Islamic Jihad's Jerusalem Brigade to learn more about their daily confrontation with Israel and their mindset as Islamists.

We observed a bunch of Islamic Jihadists on maneuvers, training to invade and fight Israel. They were learning how to ambush, how to kidnap. But their specialty is firing rockets, currently the crude Kassam.

Police collar violent jihad website operator

Snip: UK police have arrested a British citizen on charges he operated Islamic fundamentalist websites that preached "violent jihad".

The arrest of Syed Talha Ahsan on Wednesday came at the request of the US government, which released a 14-page indictment accusing him of selling books, videotapes, audio cassettes and CD-ROMs that glorified "violent jihad in Chechnya, Bosnia, Afghanistan" and of funnelling money to groups that are deemed illegal by the federal government.

The websites including azzam.com, azzam.co.uk, qoqaz.net, and qoqaz.co.uk, tout the virtues of jihad, primarily against the West and allied nations. One web page posted soon after 11 September, 2001 saved by Archive.org includes an "urgent appeal to defend Afghanistan" and features defiant quotes from the Taliban threatening any nation that aids the US in its military operations.

[Cindy]

GREAT links Oorang and MamaDearest.

THANK YOU both.

[FairOpinion]

Terrorists arrested in Italy:


"TERRORISM: 4 ALGERIANS ARRESTED IN PROVINCE OF VICENZA
(AGI) - Rome, July 21 - Four Algerian citizens have been arrested today by the Carabinieri in the province of Vicenza charged with being part of a terror cell linked to Algerian terror organization "Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat", which, in turn, has ties with Al Qaeda. The Carabinieri carried out the orders of arrest issued by Venice's investigating judge Giandomenico Gallo at the request of the local chief prosecutor. The cell had its logistical base in Vicenza and cooperated with other cells in Brescia, Naples and Salerno. A fifth Algerian citizen was arrested in Emilia Romagna on the same charges as the other four. (AGI) -

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200607211237-1061-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

[Cindy]

Thank you Fair Opinion.
I appreciate the Italian news article.

[Cindy]

Thanks to a Special Freepmailer for this article:
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4064260.html

July 21, 2006, 9:19PM
"200 tribal militants surrender in Pakistan"

© 2006 The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "QUETTA, Pakistan — About 200 militant supporters of a renegade tribal chieftain blamed for attacking security forces and the country's main gas pipelines surrendered to authorities in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, an official said.

Six commanders also surrendered, said Abdul Samad Lasi, the top government official in the region.


He said hundreds of residents witnessed the public ceremony, in which the men denounced Nawab Akbar Bugti, their chieftain who has been leading the insurgency in the district of Dera Bugti, about 180 miles southeast of the provincial capital, Quetta.

"Bugti has lost the support of his own men and now he is on the run in the mountains," he said. The government has granted amnesty to the men since they expressed regret for their actions and have agreed to obey the law."

[Cindy]

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


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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670271/posts

"Hostage to Hezbollah"
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 21, 2006 | FOUAD AJAMI

Posted on 07/21/2006 7:58:43 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah

[Cindy]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51180

"On the threshold of Armageddon?"
Commentary by Rev. Jerry Falwell
Posted: July 22, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich explained the crisis in the Middle East in stark terms that few politicians are willing to contemplate. However, I believe his analysis is accurate.

He noted, "There is an Iran/Syria/Hezbollah and Hamas alliance trying to destroy Israel. I mean, this is absolutely a question of the survival of Israel, but it's also a question of what is really a world war."

A world war is something Americans have not had to face since Dec. 7, 1941. But I believe we are on the verge of a war without borders, one that could bring bouts of violence and bloodshed into our lives. Remember that Iran's Ahmadinejad has not only threatened to destroy Israel, but has also threatened to nuke the United States."

[Cindy]

Thanks to Fair Opinion for the ping and starting this thread:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670336/posts


Canadian (w ties to high level Al Qaeda) on U.S. terror list (
Canada ^ | July 21, 2006 | Sheldon Alberts

Posted on 07/22/2006 1:09:15 AM PDT by FairOpinion

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration on Thursday named a Canadian citizen with high-level ties to al Qaida, Abousofian Abdelrazik, as a "specially designated global terrorist" and launched action to seize his U.S. financial assets.

Abdelrazik, who also holds Sudanese citizenship, "is known to have been a member of an extremist cell in Montreal" and had close associations with Ahmed Ressam, the convicted millennium bomber, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

"According to information available to the United States government, (Abdelrazik) has provided administrative and logistical support to al Qaida," the Treasury statement said.

"He has been identified as being close to Abu Zubayda, a former high-ranking member of the al-Qaida network, involved in recruitment and training."

Abdelrazik, 44, disappeared in 2005 shortly after appearing, by video from Montreal, as a witness in Ressam's trial for plotting to blow up the Los Angeles International Airport during millennium celebrations on New Year's Eve 1999.

According to a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service report, French judicial documents identify him as an "important Islamist activist of the international jihad."

CSIS also identifies Abdelrazik as a close associate of Odil Charkoui, a landed immigrant from Morocco who was arrested on a federal security certificate in 2003 and is now facing deportation from Canada.

"Treasury continues to take action against al Qaida and its support network," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser. "(Abdelrazik) has been closely tied to senior al Qaida leadership. We are taking steps to inhibit his ability to harm the United States and our allies."

Abdelrazik's designation as a global terrorist enables the U.S. government to seize any of his assets and prohibit any financial transactions with a U.S. national.

[Cindy]

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http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp22.htm


July 20, 2006
HP-22

Treasury Designates Canadian and Sudanese National for Support to al Qaida

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Abu Sufian Al-Salamabi Muhammed Ahmed `Abd Al-Razziq, a Canadian and Sudanese citizen, for his high-level ties to and support for the al Qaida network. Today's action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which is aimed at prohibiting transactions with terrorists and their supporters and freezing their assets.

"Treasury continues to take action against al Qaida and its support network," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser. "Abd al-Razziq has been closely tied to senior al Qaida leadership. We are taking steps to inhibit his ability to harm the United States and our allies."

`Abd Al-Razziq has provided administrative and logistical support to al Qaida, and has been identified as being close to Abu Zubayda, a former lieutenant of Usama bin Ladin, involved in al Qaida recruitment and training.

Today's designation of `Abd Al-Razziq, carried out by the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), was executed under Executive Order 13224, an authority that targets the assets of terrorists and their financiers. Al Qaida was designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order 13224 on September 23, 2001.

IDENTIFIER INFORMATION

Abu Sufian Al-Salamabi Muhammed Ahmed `Abd Al-Razziq

AKA: Abousofian Abdelrazik

AKA: Abousofian Abdelrazek

AKA: Sofian Abdelrazik

AKA: Abousofiane Abdelrazik

AKA: Abousfian Salman Abdelrazik

AKA: Abu Sufian Abd Al Razeq

AKA: Abu Sufian

AKA: Abu Juiriah

AKA: Abou El Layth

AKA: Aboulail

AKA: Abulail

AKA: Jolaiba

AKA: Djolaiba the Sudanese

AKA: Ould El Sayeigh

DOB: 6 August 1962

POB: Al-Bawgah, Sudan

ALT POB: Albaouga, Sudan

Nationality 1: Sudanese

Nationality 2: Canadian

Passport: Canada BC166787

According to information available to the United States Government, `Abd Al-Razziq has provided administrative and logistical support to al Qaida. He has been identified as being close to Abu Zubayda, a former high-ranking member of the al Qaida network, involved in recruitment and training. `Abd Al-Razziq is known to have been a member of an extremist cell in Montreal, Canada. He was also closely associated with Ahmed Ressam, who attempted to attack the Los Angeles International Airport in conjunction with the Millennium celebrations in January 2000.



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[Cindy]

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http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20060720.shtml

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07/20/2006

The following individual has been added to OFAC's SDN list:

'ABD AL-RAZZIQ, Abu Sufian al-Salamabi Muhammed Ahmed (a.k.a. ABD AL RAZEQ, Abu Sufian; a.k.a. ABDELRAZEK, Abousofian; a.k.a. ABDELRAZIK, Abousfian Salman; a.k.a. ABDELRAZIK, Abousofian; a.k.a. ABDELRAZIK, Abousofiane; a.k.a. ABDELRAZIK, Sofian; a.k.a. "ABOU EL LAYTH"; a.k.a. "ABOULAIL"; a.k.a. "ABU JUIRIAH"; a.k.a. "ABU SUFIAN"; a.k.a. "ABULAIL"; a.k.a. "DJOLAIBA THE SUDANESE"; a.k.a. "JOLAIBA"; a.k.a. "OULD EL SAYEIGH"); DOB 6 Aug 1962; POB Al-Bawgah, Sudan alt. POB Albaouga, Sudan; nationality Canada alt. Sudan; Passport BC166787 (Canada) (individual) [SDGT]

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670337/posts

Jordan alerts Israel to a Hamas team heading for a large-scale terror attack in Israel
Debka.com ^ | july 20, 2006 | not posted

Posted on 07/22/2006 1:14:55 AM PDT by willyd

July 20, 2006, 11:57 PM (GMT+02:00)

Jordanian military intelligence relayed information that Hamas had recruited a bomb team in the kingdom. It was on its way to cross into Israel for the strike. Israeli and Jordanian border troops are on a high state of preparedness. The potential targets are the southern port of Eilat, its Arava main road link to the north, the Dead Sea, or the Beit Shean Valley on the Jordan River. This information led defense minister Amir Peretz to announce the closure of the West Bank Thursday, July 20.

Israeli security officials have grounds to suspect that the latest Hamas terror initiative is coordinated with Hizballah’s war in the north via the Lebanese group’s operational officers stationed in Nablus and Gaza
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[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291967349&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jul. 21, 2006 20:38 | Updated Jul. 21, 2006 21:56
"Police lower terror alert for TA"
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Tel Aviv Police lowered the alert level for the Dan Region on Friday night after special police forces arrested a woman and another person suspected of being involved in a planned suicide terror attack in central Tel Aviv.

The two were reportedly arrested near the beach-side Dan Hotel on Hayarkon Street in central Tel Aviv after the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) passed an intelligence alert to the Israel Police of a possible terrorist who had infiltrated Israel and was currently in central Tel Aviv.

Intelligence indicated the terrorist was headed to an entertainment establishment in Tel Aviv. Friday night is customarily the most popular time for clubbing and entertainment in Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city."

[Cindy]

NOTE: The following news brief is a quote:
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279552,00.html




Breaking News




IDF troops seize weapons cache in south Lebanon


Israel Defense Forces troops seized a Hizbullah weapons cache in the southern Lebanese village of Merwahin overnight.

An anti-tank missile launcher, missiles and automatic rifles were found in the cache. (Ynet)

(07.22.06, 08:52)

[Cindy]

OPINION: The global terrorists couldn't appreciate this thread, but I'm sure you will find a special place for this backhoe. It has lots of photos.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670211/posts


"At Miss Universe contest, Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel are 'best of friends'"
Agence France Presse ^ | July 21, 2006 | Paul Bustamente

Posted on 07/21/2006 5:44:06 PM PDT by Cecily

Backhoe, here's a second link to go with it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670345/posts

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=kosovo
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670077/posts


US Accused of Siding With 'Criminals and Jihadists' in Kosovo
CNSNews ^ | July 21, 2006 | Nathan Burchfiel

Posted on 07/21/2006 1:33:10 PM PDT by sergey1973

A prominent Serbian Orthodox bishop Thursday said the U.S. was allowing Islamic extremists to wage war on Christians in Kosovo by deciding not to oppose Kosovo's independence.

Kosovo is an autonomous province in Serbia with a population of about 2 million, most who are ethnic Albanian and Muslim. It is currently administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), but negotiations which began this year are expected to eventually result in independence for the province.

However, Dr. Artemije Radosavljevic on Thursday issued a warning about the prospect of and independent Kosovo.

"At a time when America is leading the free world in a global struggle against jihad terror, Kosovo-Metohija must not continue to be an exception, where for reasons we do not understand, American officials have taken the side of the criminals and jihadists," Artemije said during a news conference in Washington, D.C.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...

[Cindy]

UPDATES...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670304/posts?page=183#183

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=2006IsraelWar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Israel

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Lebanon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=gaza

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hezbollah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizbullah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizballah

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

http://www.ynetnews.com
http://www.jpost.com
http://www.haaretz.com
http://www.idf.il
http://www.foxnews.com

http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279638,00.html




Breaking News




Beilin calls for immediate cease-fire


Meretz leader Yossi Beilin called on the government to seek an immediate and agreed cease-fire.

Beilin warned against military incursions into Lebanon, saying Israel should score diplomatic achievements during the expected visit to Israel by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. (Attila Somfalvi)

(07.22.06, 13:46)

[Cindy]

TODAY IN HISTORY...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670359/posts

"QUSAY AND UDAY HUSSEIN KILLED"
The History Channel ^ | July 22, 2003 | history channel

Posted on 07/22/2006 3:37:57 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland