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Threat Matrix: January 2007
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Posted on 01/02/2007 7:23:18 PM PST by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Fighting Jihad: Strategic Thinking Needed
-Full Story-

The United States of America has some of the smartest leaders in government, military, and business in the world. Yet the American government has failed to collectively use this formidable brain-power 5+ years after the attack by Jihadists on the American homeland to develop a truly strategic plan to fight the global threat of Jihad and Islamist extremism. In one of the most complex wars in American history, rather than starting with holistic, big-picture thinking towards the challenges and prioritizing resources and actions accordingly, America has spent much of the past five years after 9/11 in reactive and bureaucratic churning.

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"NY Times Twists Terrorist Surveillance Into 'Domestic Eavesdropping'"
http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | January 19, 2007 | Clay Waters

Posted on 01/19/2007 4:08:54 PM PST by lowbridge


1,141 posted on 01/19/2007 4:22:39 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2761

Two Terrorist Leaders Captured in Iraq; Insurgent Killed

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2007 – Coalition forces have captured two high-level terrorists in recent days in Iraq, military officials said, and Iraqi police killed one insurgent Jan. 17.

Special Iraqi army forces, with coalition advisors, captured a high-level terrorist leader today during operations in eastern Baghdad, military officials said. The suspect is allegedly affiliated with Abu Dura and other Baghdad death squad commanders, and is responsible for assassinating numerous Iraqi security forces members and government officials. Military officials said he has also organized kidnappings, torture and murder of Iraqi civilians.

During operations in Samarra yesterday, Iraqi police forces with coalition advisors captured the suspected leader of several al Qaeda in Iraq terror cells. The suspect is responsible for directing several IED and small arms attacks against Iraqi security forces, coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. During the operation, combined forces captured an additional insurgent and confiscated IED components, assault rifles and ammunition.

As a sign of continuing progress in Anbar province, Iraqi police shot and killed an insurgent Jan. 17 after his suicide vest failed to detonate near a checkpoint in the Jazeera suburb of Ramadi.

Iraqi police in Anbar province determined the terrorist was wearing a suicide device before he entered the checkpoint, and they instructed him to stop. The terrorist attempted to detonate the device, but it failed. As the insurgent attempted to flee the scene, police at the checkpoint shot and killed him.

"This is an example of the insurgents' attempt to discourage the men of Anbar from serving on the police force,” Marine 2nd Lt. Jill A. Leyden, a Multinational Force West spokeswoman, said. “Despite these attempts, well qualified men continue to flood the recruiting and training centers for an opportunity to serve their province."

As another sign of progress, more than 1,000 recruits joined the Iraqi police in Anbar this month. The province has added 11 police stations since July, and eight more are planned for construction.

Elsewhere in Iraq this week, coalition forces and Iraqi police discovered four weapons caches.

Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, today discovered three weapons caches containing roughly 250 rockets, several large-caliber machine guns and small arms, various artillery rounds, and bomb-making materials south of Samarra.

Iraqi police from Wallah police station, with assistance from Jerashi checkpoint workers, found two weapons caches Jan. 17 in northwestern Jazeera, outside Ramadi. The caches contained improvised explosive devices and rocket propelled grenades.

In other news, troops from 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, found an IED while patrolling the Adhamiyah district of eastern Baghdad yesterday. The homemade bomb was destroyed at the site.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)


1,142 posted on 01/19/2007 4:25:00 PM PST by Cindy
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Misunderstood?
That's funny, I understood him - loud and clear.

CAIR must be too busy watching 24 to take note, I reckon.


1,143 posted on 01/19/2007 4:26:52 PM PST by Velveeta
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OPINION: Yep, those cairing guys must be losing sleep, lately... or so it seems.


1,144 posted on 01/19/2007 4:31:18 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taleban

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CAPTURED SPOKESMAN REVEALS RIFTS WITHIN TALIBAN
adnki.com ^ | Jan 19 2007

Posted on 01/19/2007 4:29:01 PM PST by Dog

Kabul, 19 Jan. (AKI) - The recent arrest of Taliban spokesman Mohammed Hanif, has led to further revelations about the divisions and differences within the Afghan militant group. According to Afghan security sources, cited in the Saudi newspaper 'al-Watan', after having revealed that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was living in the Pakistani city of Quetta under the protection of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, Hanif has reportedly also explained the workings within the Taliban.

According to the report, Hanif said that the Taliban is divided into three groups. The first group is made up of former members of the Taliban regime in Kabul who are fighting only to prevent from being caught and are probably not close to Mullah Omar. A second group, Hanif said, is composed of people linked to Islamic extremists in Pakistan and a third group is close to al-Qaeda and is said to be the most agressive and violent.

It is not clear which group is close to Mullah Omar, but it also emerged that in the course of a war within the group, some important leaders or mullahs have been killed.

Hanif also said that Mullah Omar ordered the killing of Mullah Dadallah accused of having indirectly helped the Americans of killing one of his adversaries last month, Mullah Othmani, among the most important military commanders within the Taliban, in the course of an attack in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.

These internal divisions within the Taliban have added to the unprecedented level of violence and will also see a cross-section of revenge attacks being carried out.

Hanif also admitted that the American pressure on the Pakistani government also led to the arrests of various Taliban leaders in the past few months.

(Ham/Aki)


1,145 posted on 01/19/2007 4:34:45 PM PST by Cindy
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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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"Hezbollah vows 'very big action' ahead (threatens to bring down Lebanese govt. in the coming days)"
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/19/07 | Sam F. Ghattas - ap

Posted on 01/19/2007 4:32:09 PM PST by NormsRevenge

BEIRUT, Lebanon


1,146 posted on 01/19/2007 4:37:37 PM PST by Cindy
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LOL, indeed.


1,147 posted on 01/19/2007 4:40:39 PM PST by Velveeta
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London bomb suspects linked to chemical

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16712777/


1,148 posted on 01/19/2007 4:45:56 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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They say they were going to use the chemicals to strip wallpaper. Right.

How do you strip wallpaper while you're trying to detonate your backpack on a train????


1,149 posted on 01/19/2007 4:51:17 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

Definitely not your average home improvement guys


1,150 posted on 01/19/2007 4:54:13 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj

You're right about that.


1,151 posted on 01/19/2007 5:06:40 PM PST by Velveeta
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strip paint?

Hmmm...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761584/posts?page=928#928


1,152 posted on 01/19/2007 5:07:00 PM PST by Cindy
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$17,500 in cell phones stolen from Nanuet Mall (NY)
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/NEWS03/701190371/1019/SPECIAL02


1,153 posted on 01/19/2007 5:10:01 PM PST by Velveeta
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Three Letter Bombs in England Prompt U.S. Alert
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/01/three_letter_bo.html


1,154 posted on 01/19/2007 5:13:50 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: nwctwx

ping to threat marix


1,155 posted on 01/19/2007 5:15:17 PM PST by jmcenanly (Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert A. Heinlein)
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Thanks Velveeta.

Added your post to this thread, too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1682087/posts?page=346#346


1,156 posted on 01/19/2007 5:42:25 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING 2 links to your post 1154 Velveeta:

Google - News Search - Term: "LETTER BOMBS"

Blogs.ABC NEWS.com: "THREE LETTER BOMBS IN ENGLAND PROMPT U.S. ALERT" -Richard Esposito reports (January 19, 2007, 3:12 pm)

OSAC.gov - Report (Consular Affairs Bulletins, East Asia/Pacific - Burma): "WARDEN MESSAGE: RANGOON LETTER BOMBS" (January 17, 2007)

1,157 posted on 01/19/2007 5:58:40 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/wantedCaptured/ali_sayyid_al_bakri.jpg

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Wanted
Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
aka Abd al-Aziz al-Masri
Up to $5 Million Reward
Date of birth: April 18, 1966
Place of birth: Bani Suwayf, Egypt
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair: Unknown
Eyes: Dark
Sex: Male
Aliases: Hasan ‘Umar Ibrahim Ali Saleem Abu Salsbil variant Abu Salsabil Hassan Omar variant Hasan ‘Umar Zizo

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri, better known as Abd al-Aziz al-Masri, is an al Qaeda member and expert on explosives and chemical weapons.

He is a member of the al Qaeda Shura (leadership) council and is a close associate of al Qaeda leaders Sayf al-Adl, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, and Dr. Ayman Zawahiri.

Prior to joining al Qaeda, al-Bakri was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, under the direction of Ayman Zawahiri.

He served as an instructor in al Qaeda’s camps in Afghanistan, providing terrorist recruits with training in the use of explosives and chemical weapons.

Al-Bakri also unsuccessfully attempted to hijack a Pakistani Air passenger flight in December, 2000. It is highly probable that he continues to train al Qaeda terrorists and other extremists.


1,158 posted on 01/19/2007 6:04:31 PM PST by Cindy
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OPINION: I wouldn't buy this stuff:

http://www.cafepress.com/hezb


1,159 posted on 01/19/2007 6:09:19 PM PST by Cindy
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WEBLOG:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24065_Hizballah_Planning_Surge&only

Friday, January 19, 2007

"Hizballah Planning Surge"


1,160 posted on 01/19/2007 6:11:28 PM PST by Cindy
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