Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - August 2006

[nwctwx]

Syria Tells Troops to Be Ready for Battle
(Full Story)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has placed his military on full alert, citing "regional challenges", and vowed to continue supporting the "Palestinian and Lebanese resistance more than ever".

In a speech to mark the Syrian Army national day, Mr Assad said the volatile situation across the Middle East required "vigilance, preparation and readiness" and ordered all units of the armed forces to be on alert.

The comments were interpreted by Israel as a morale booster to the Syrian armed forces and not a call to battle. Israeli intelligence chiefs have assessed that Syria is not in the mood for an open war and is instead content to resupply Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon.

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[JustPiper]

What if Bush really was assassinated?

Bush is shot by a sniper in a scene from Death of a President.

Held up by a Secret Service bodyguard in his dying moments after being shot in the stomach, this is President Bush being assassinated.

The American leader is surrounded by a crowd of panicking onlookers just seconds after being gunned down by a Syrian-born U.S. citizen outside a Chicago hotel.

But this shocking image, created by putting the President's face onto an actor with digital wizardry, is part of a new British drama for Channel Four about the War on Terror.

[JustPiper]

Mosquito-Borne Virus Kills Boston Boy
9-Year-Old Is Disease's First Fatality This Year In Massachusetts


AP) A 9-year-old boy from Middleborough, Mass., 35 miles south of Boston, died Thursday from eastern equine encephalitis.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/01/health/main1959540.shtml

[JustPiper]

Former sushi chef: Mistress suite in Kim's nuclear bunke

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453980.061111111.html

[JustPiper]

No more Miller time By Michelle Malkin

[cripplecreek]

I don't drink anymore but if I did I wouldn't drink Millers.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the post and updates Velveeta.
I can't find the name of the subject being detained.

That's about it.

Updates appreciated.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=HINSDALE+%2B+TRAIN&btnG=Search+News

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=METRA+%2B+TRAIN&btnG=Search+News


Oh, I forgot to add...and apparetnly not terrorism-related according to a couple of the articles.

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A tiny update...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060901hinsdale-metra,1,2644744.story?coll=chi-news-hed
chicagotribune.com >> Breaking news
"Pipe bomb explodes at Metra station; man questioned"
By Jeremy Gorner
Tribune staff reporter
Published September 1, 2006, 1:19 PM CDT

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The DuPage County Bomb Squad conducted a sweep of the area around the explosion and removed what was left of the pipe bomb.

Ahern said the device was "crudely made" and was detonated with a timing device in the ticket counter building at the station. The remnants of the device will be sent to a Maryland laboratory to determine what its components were, he said."


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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=%22TRAIN%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=%22ODOR%20%2B%20TRAIN%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=%22SMELL%20%2B%20TRAIN%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn

[Cindy]

(re 22 Banks -Timed Bomb Explosions) THAILAND - UPDATE...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1692973/posts?page=125#125


http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/02Sep2006_news03.php

Saturday September 02, 2006

"Yala blasts likely to hurt investment climate further"
WICHAYANT BOONCHOTE MUHAMAD AYUB PATHAN

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A local banking source said several commercial banks had made known to the Bank of Thailand their wish to close branches in remote districts of the region, citing a decline in the number of customers that has caused them to operate at a loss.


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police yesterday arrested three more suspects in connection with the bombs planted at bank branches in Yala's Betong district.

The three were identified as Ma-ae Jehsor, 27, his brother Kareeya Jehsor, 23, and Kosol Yamaka, also 23."

[Cindy]

"Security Beefed Up For Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk (MI) "

Thanks Velveeta.
Duly noted.

[Cindy]

SMILING...

Thank you JP.

[Cindy]

Disgusting and inciting...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1676188/posts?page=2436#2436

[Cindy]

How very sad.
Thanks for the info JP.

[Cindy]

That's interesting JP.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1676188/posts?page=2463#2463

Ping.

[Cindy]

PROPAGANDA and Other Nonsense On The Net:
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http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=%22soldiers%20of%20allah%22&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=%22soldier%20of%20allah%22&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Soldiers+of+Allah%22
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3557696201270063225&q=%22Soldiers+of+Allah%22&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Soldiers+of+Allah%22
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3557696201270063225&q=%22Soldier+of+Allah%22&hl=en

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=669

Extremists Damage Afghan School; Multiple Bombs Discovered

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Sep. 1, 2006 – Extremists severely damaged a co-ed school in Afghanistan’s Paktika province today with a makeshift bomb, U.S. military officials reported.
The munition caused major damage to the roof and most of the inside of the Malekshay School, whose grand-opening ceremony was scheduled for next week. No one was in the school at the time of the explosion.

Afghan National Police secured the area and are investigating the incident. A coalition explosive ordnance disposal team was sent to investigate the site.

“This is one more extremist attack on the education system in Afghanistan,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. “They recognize that knowledge is power and would prefer the general public remain ignorant so they can't challenge their oppressive ways. We will continue to support and strengthen educational opportunities for all Afghans so that they may be empowered to improve their own lives and the future of their country.”

In other news from Afghanistan, a chain of four makeshift bombs was discovered and destroyed by coalition forces in Paktika province yesterday.

The first bomb was discovered on the side of a road, and a U.S. explosive ordnance disposal team examined the device and detonated it in place, revealing three more bombs, which had been placed 10 to 15 feet apart in the middle of the road. Those bombs were also destroyed in place.

“Coalition forces have once again neutralized the threat of roadside bombs in Afghanistan,” Fitzpatrick said. “An increasing number of improvised explosive devices are being discovered by coalition forces or turned in to Afghan security forces before they can be used to harm others.”

No injuries to civilians or coalition forces were reported.

“Taliban extremists went to great lengths attempting to entrap Afghan and coalition forces with multiple improvised explosive devices but it didn't work,’ Fitzpatrick said. “Both military forces and the Afghan people are safe today thanks to the outstanding, training, valor and professionalism of Afghan and coalition forces.”

(Compiled from a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan press release.)

[Cindy]

THANKS to LibertyRock for the ping to her blog:

http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com

http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/08_27_06world/

August 27, 2006
"WORLD NEWS:
TOP STORIES:"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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


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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/09/012957print.html
September 01, 2006
(AP)

"U.S. Muslims Warn of Threat From Within"

SNIPPET: "This is the sort of thing we need to see on a much larger scale -- if and when it is sincere."

[Cindy]

Note: The following test is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694093/posts


Police watching 'thousands' of suspects [England]
AFP/theaustralian ^ | September 02, 2006

Posted on 09/01/2006 4:23:10 PM PDT by ncountylee

BRITISH police are currently trying to monitor "thousands" of potential security suspects, the head of the anti-terrorism unit at London's Metropolitan Police said in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday.

In an interview recorded in July, before the arrest of more than two dozen people on suspicion of an alleged plot to blow up US-bound aircraft, Peter Clarke said Britain was facing an increasing threat from home grown extremists.

He refused to give an exact figure about how many people he said were either directly or indirectly involved in plotting atrocities on British soil but said the number ran into four figures.

"I don't want to go down the numbers game, I don't think it's helpful," he told a BBC programme entitled Al-Qaida - Time to Talk?, to be shown Sunday evening.

"All I can say is that our knowledge is increasing and certainly in terms of broad description, the numbers of people who we have to be interested in are into the thousands."

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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1694091/posts?page=10#10

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1694091/posts


http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-01T212007Z_01_L01683061_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GERMANY.xml&archived=False

"German bomb plot intended for World Cup: paper"
Fri Sep 1, 2006 3:14pm ET
Email This Article | Print This Article | Reprints

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BERLIN (Reuters) - Two failed attempts to bomb trains in western Germany in July had originally been planned for the football World Cup, a newspaper reported on Friday."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Lebanese authorities have said the suspects may be linked to al Qaeda."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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


http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22371_Hizballah_Sets_Up_Shop_in_Venezuela&only
"HIZBALLAH SETS UP SHOP IN VENEZUELA"
(September 1, 2006)

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22371_Hizballah_Sets_Up_Shop_in_Venezuela#comments

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

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


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692613/posts

"Venezuela, Syria Join Forces Against 'American Imperialism'"
CNSNEWS.com ^ | August 30, 2006 | Julie Stahl

Posted on 08/30/2006 9:48:01 AM PDT by yoe