Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - September 2006

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Five Years Later, We're Still Not Safe
-Full Story-

In the five years since terrorists flew hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans have accepted inconvenience, sacrificed personal liberties and paid billions of dollars for a security clampdown that touches virtually every aspect of their lives.

And we're still not safe.

A close examination of the federal government's homeland security effort shows that there have been major accomplishments since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But it also reveals how vulnerable the nation remains to catastrophe.

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	> Adam Yahiye Gadahn

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[Cindy]

If I recall that article, they closed that park.
Other than that...I don't know who/when the areas
will be cleaned up.

[Darnright]

My apologies if this has been posted here already:

Iran and Turkey Prepare for War in Iraqi Kurdistan

[Cindy]

Sorry, here's the url for the poster as described in post no. 1518:

http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/pos84.pdf

[Velveeta]

Thank you, Cindy.

[Cindy]

You're welcome Velveeta.
I'll watch for follow-ups.

[Cindy]

Off Topic ON THE NET...

http://www.fina-nafi.org/

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52104

"N. American students
trained for 'merger'
10 universities participate in 'model Parliament' in Mexico to simulate 'integration' of 3 nations"

Posted: September 25, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON – In another example of the way the three nations of North America are being drawn into a federation, or "merger," students from 10 universities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada are participating annually in a simulated "model Parliament."

Under the sponsorship of the Canadian based North American Forum on Integration, students met in the Mexican Senate for five days in May in an event dubbed "Triumvirate," with organizers declaring "A North American Parliament is born."

A similar event took place in the Canadian Senate in 2005.

The intentions of organizers are clear.

"The creation of a North American parliament, such as the one being simulated by these young people, should be considered," explained Raymond Chretien, the president of the Triumvirate and the former Canadian ambassador to both Mexico and the U.S."

[Cindy]

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaryKatharineHam/2006/09/25/chicks_carrying_guns_and_kicking_tail

"Chicks Carrying Guns and Kicking Tail"
By Mary Katharine Ham
Monday, September 25, 2006

[Cindy]

OFF TOPIC...

FR is number 2?

(http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/24/were-number-one-five )

FreeRepublic.com is NUMBER 1 in my book.

[Cindy]

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/24/photo-series-the-arizona-911-memorial/

"Photo series: The Arizona 9/11 Memorial; Audio update: AZ governor comments on controversy"
posted at 9:17 pm on September 24, 2006 by Allahpundit

[Cindy]

RECAP:

NewsMax.com: "ON TAPE, CLINTON ADMITS PASSING UP BIN LADEN CAPTURE; LEWINSKY PLAYED ROLE" (September 10, 2006)

"www.newsmax.com/audio/BILLVH.mp3"

[Cindy]

http://www.trans-int.com/news/archives/203-German-Police-Memo-Masri-a-Partisan-of.html

Sunday, September 24, 2006
"German Police Memo: Masri a 'Partisan of Military Jihad'"
BY John Rosenthal

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http://www.trans-int.com/news/categories/19-Khaled-Al-Masri-File
"Dossier: Khaled Al-Masri File"

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http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/114629.html

"Dossier Deutsche Polizei beschattete el-Masri"
von Timm Krägenow (Berlin)

[Cindy]

http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=5&id=8185

Updated: September 22nd, 2006 02:05 PM PDT
Home > Airline and Airport Security News
"Standards Suggested for Airline Security Pass"

The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday announced standards for an ID card that frequent fliers can buy to get through security lines faster at airports.

The announcement comes nearly five years after Congress first authorized the program, two years after the TSA first tested it and three months after it was supposed to start.

The public has two weeks to comment on the standards, which are only in draft form."

[Cindy]

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "PRACTICE MAKES TERROR" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the case of airline alerts, some of these may in fact be true alarms. The suspects may be abetting a terrorist plot--yet catching and punishing them is difficult, since they're only probing defenses, not trying to bring down the flight.") (September 25, 2006)

AIRPORT BUSINESS.com (AP): "FIREARM FOUND IN CARRY-ON BAG AT BWI" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Transportation Security Administration spokesman Christopher White said the bag belonged to a male passenger. He could not be located.") (Updated September 22, 2006)

[Cindy]

RECAP:

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "PRACTICE MAKES TERROR" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the case of airline alerts, some of these may in fact be true alarms. The suspects may be abetting a terrorist plot--yet catching and punishing them is difficult, since they're only probing defenses, not trying to bring down the flight.") (September 25, 2006) (Read More...)

THE TIMES OF INDIA: "'TERRORISTS COULD BE TESTING AIRLINE'" (September 17, 2006 (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AIRLINE-SECURITY INCIDENTS SEEN AS TERRORIST FEINTS" by Audrey Hudson) (September 4, 2006) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22714_Anti-War_=_Pro-Hizballah&only

Sunday, September 24, 2006
"Anti-War = Pro-Hizballah"

[Cindy]

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Mon Sep 25 2006 03:08:54 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution

June 06, 2006

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Morocco&btnG=Search+News

http://www.tkb.org/Country.jsp?countryCd=MO

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

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=475046

Morocco: Moroccan police arrest five Africans for fraud

Rabat, 09/25 - Police in Morocco have reported the arrest of five sub-Saharan Africans over a swindling scheme in Oujda, in eastern Morocco.

According to the police in Oujda, three Ivorians and two Malians tried to convince their victims that they could produce banknotes in euro and dirhams (Moroccan currency).

The five suspects, who travelled on board a vehicle rented in Rabat, have already appeared in court for attempts swindle and produce counterfeit, aside from the charge of for illegal immigration.

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/09/the_islamization_of_morocco.php

"The Islamization of Morocco"
By Olivier Guitta
(September 23, 2006)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707706/posts

"Dozens of border guards walk off job in B.C. (Canadian border patrol afraid of U.S. murder suspect)"
Globe and Mail ^ | 09/25/06 | Canadian Press

Posted on 09/25/2006 3:20:42 AM PDT by AKSurprise

VANCOUVER

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707699/posts


"Outcry from opposition as Mugabe gives himself extra time in power"
The Daily Telegraph ^ | September 25, 2006 | Peta Thornycroft

Posted on 09/25/2006 1:03:06 AM PDT by MadIvan

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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http://www.foxnews.com