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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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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1032918

January 16th, 2007
"Help Wanted: Feds Seek Retired Boomers"
Jan 15th - 7:28am

By HALLIE C. FALQUET
Capital News Service

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - The federal government is targeting millions of retiring baby boomers to replace the estimated one-half of their colleagues eligible to retire from federal service in the next few years, according to the Partnership for Public Service, an advocacy organization for federal careers."


861 posted on 01/16/2007 2:58:18 AM PST by Cindy
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To: copguy; JellyJam; flutters; backhoe; piasa; All

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan07/threat_scam011507.htm

"ONLINE EXTORTION
E-Mail Scam Includes Hit-Man Threat"

01/15/07


862 posted on 01/16/2007 3:00:00 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All

http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/newsrel/wdo010807.html
News Release [print-friendly page]
January 8, 2007

"Second Significant Sentence Handed Down in 'Operation Director's Cut'"

JAN 8 -- (Alexandria, VA)


863 posted on 01/16/2007 3:05:46 AM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070111-2.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 11, 2007

Religious Freedom Day, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America



On Religious Freedom Day, we commemorate the passage of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, authored by Thomas Jefferson, and we celebrate the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.

Across the centuries, people have come to America seeking to worship the Almighty freely. Today, our citizens profess many different faiths, and we welcome every religion. Yet people in many countries live without the freedom to worship as they choose and some face persecution for their beliefs. My Administration is working with our friends and allies around the globe to advance common values and spread the blessings of liberty to every corner of the world. Freedom is a gift from the Almighty, written in the heart and soul of every man, woman, and child, and we must continue to promote the importance of religious freedom at home and abroad.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2007, as Religious Freedom Day. I call on all Americans to reflect on the great blessing of religious liberty, endeavor to preserve this freedom for future generations, and commemorate this day with appropriate events and activities in their schools, places of worship, neighborhoods, and homes.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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864 posted on 01/16/2007 3:08:44 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org


865 posted on 01/16/2007 3:09:33 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All; nwctwx; copguy; Miami Vice; JohnathanRGalt; backhoe

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/abu_jihad.jpg

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=abu_jihad

Wanted
Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim
a.k.a. Abu Jihad al Masri
Up to $1 Million Reward
Nationality: Egyptian
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Comments: Abu Jihad al-Masri is balding and has curly hair.

Abu Jihad al-Masri operates out of Iran and is in charge of al Qaeda media and propaganda. He may also be the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda.


866 posted on 01/16/2007 3:18:35 AM PST by Cindy
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

UBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Tue Jan 16 2007 03:20:07 GMT-0800.

Worldwide Caution

October 11, 2006


867 posted on 01/16/2007 3:20:17 AM PST by Cindy
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(Note: Includes 3 videos)

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014842.php

January 16, 2007
"Video: Jihad preaching in British mosques"


868 posted on 01/16/2007 3:37:25 AM PST by Cindy
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ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761584/posts?page=13#13

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

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THIS IS FICTION:

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/16/video-nuclear-bomb-goes-off-on-24/


869 posted on 01/16/2007 3:58:43 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All; Cindy; callmejoe; Godzilla; Velveeta
January 16, 2007 -- '24' dropped a real bomb last night.

Fox's adrenaline-rush series ended last night's two-hour episode with the detonation of a mini-nuclear device in an L.A. suburb - destined to kill hundreds of thousands and throw the country into chaos.

In the thick of it all, of course, was crack CTU agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who recoiled in shock and horror as a nuclear mushroom cloud enveloped the daytime sky.

Fans of "24" are used to shocks - the show killed off several high-profile characters last season - but this episode raised the bar even higher.

"24" executive producer Howard Gordon said last week that the show's topicality this season "is a real concern."

"This season threatens to be too real," he said. "We live in a parallel universe . . . and the details of this season, especially, are frightening because they feel so real and plausible.


"We hope people embrace these concerns, and this ['24'] becomes compelling TV."

Internet gossip Matt Drudge quoted a Fox exec as saying the network is prepared for any "fallout" from last night's episode from cities which might be targeted in future nuclear explosions on "24."

The episode made it clear that there are four more nuclear devices possessed by the Arab terrorists featured in this season's plot.

Drudge also draws a parallel between last night's "24" and a recent CIA report outlining possible explosions using "low charge nuclear weapons" - like the bomb detonated in L.A.

"Time to wake the country up!" Drudge quoted an unidentified Fox exec as saying.

Link
870 posted on 01/16/2007 6:34:37 AM PST by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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Longworth House Bldg. (Washington DC) being evacuated.

CNN Breaking.


871 posted on 01/16/2007 8:31:33 AM PST by Rushmore Rocks
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To: nwctwx; jerseygirl; freeperfromnj; Cindy; SlowBoat407; All
Grenade found in bus shelter is destroyed by bomb squad (NJ)
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

CLIFTON -- A grenade -- believed to be live and rigged with a trip wire -- was removed Monday night from a bus shelter on Van Houten Avenue by the Passaic County sheriff's bomb squad and detonated at a facility on Garret Mountain. "This appears to be an act of sabotage," said Bill Maer, a sheriff's spokesman.

Detectives from Clifton and the Sheriff's Department were dispatched to several "county locations" late Monday as part of the continuing investigation, Maer said. About 60 patrons in two bars across the street from the bus shelter, near Sade Street, were told to stay inside, keep the doors closed and stay away from windows as bomb squad mem- bers used a robot to retrieve the device.

Authorities were alerted when someone called police and told them about a bomb, Maer said. Police alerted the Fire Department, and then the Sheriff's Department.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1NiZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzA1OTExNyZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=

Bomb plot uncovered at Finnish base in Afghanistan
16.1.2007

An attempted bomb attack was uncovered Monday against a military base in Afghanistan housing Finnish peacekeepers. According to the peacekeeping force Tuesday the bomb was discovered in time and diffused. p>The incident occurred at the Maimana base in northern Afghanistan one day before Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian foreign minister, was scheduled to visit the base. Mr Store's visit is to go ahead as planned on Tuesday. A total of around 200 Finnish, Latvian and Norwegian troops, all part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), are housed at the base in Maimana.

http://virtual.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=14753&group=General

Kenyan police ‘arrest’ top leader of Islamic militants; Somali govt orders Al-Jazeera, local radios off the air
Jan.16.2007

GARISSA, Kenya (Agencies): Kenyan police arrested a top leader in Somalia’s Islamic militant movement on Monday, a Kenyan security official said. The leader was arrested at midmorning at a refugee camp near the Kenyan border with Somalia, the official said, quoting from a police report. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said he was on his way to the Dadaab refugee camp, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Garisa, to help identify the suspect. If confirmed, the arrest could be a major step toward ending the fighting in Somalia, which began when Ethiopian troops intervened to stop the Islamic movement’s advance to destroy the internationally backed government.

Top movement leaders Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed have pledged to carry on a guerrilla war as long as Ethiopian troops remain in Somalia. Unidentified gunmen have repeatedly attacked Ethiopian troops in the capital, Mogadishu, over the last two weeks. Aweys was the founder of the Council of Islamic Courts, which took up arms to establish an Islamic emirate in Somalia in January. Before that, he was a senior leader of al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, a group listed by the United States as a terrorist organization with ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda. Somalia’s transitional government on Monday ordered the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television network and three local private radio stations to stop broadcasting from the country’s capital.

Excerpted

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=8905&cat=a

872 posted on 01/16/2007 10:57:28 AM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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Seven ULFA militants arrested in Nagaland (New Dehli, India)

Kohima, Jan 16: Seven ULFA militants, including two women, have been rounded up in Mon district bordering Upper Assam where the security forces have launched a crackdown on the cadre of the banned outfit. The ultras were arrested by personnel of the Assam Rifles yesterday while they were trying to sneak into Myanmar via Mon district, defence sources said today.

Five of the arrested belonged to the outfit's dreaded 28th battalion which recently carried out the killing of non-Assamese migrant labourers in upper Assam. The two women cadre were handed over to the police.

Equipments, including radio sets, dicta phones, SIM cards, radio transistor and knives were recovered from them, they said.

The Assam Rifles said the drive against ULFA militants would continue in Nagaland in the coming days even though the ceasefire was in force in the state. They asked NSCN and villagers not to collude and provide shelter to the militants from Assam who frequently adopt hit-and-run tactics and seek safe refuge either in bordering districts of Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh.

http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=80306

Pakistani military says it killed up to 30 militants
Tuesday January 16, 2007

Islamabad– Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed up to 30 militants, including some foreign fighters, in an early morning operation in the South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, a military spokesman said. Three of five suspect compounds in the Zamzola region - located more than 300 kilometres south of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province - were destroyed in a strike by ground forces supported by helicopters, army spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

"We had information about terrorists and local facilitators," he said. "It is believed that they were present in the [destroyed] compounds."

None of the 25 to 30 insurgents in the buildings was believed to have survived, he said. The targeted group was involved in militant training and terrorist activities in the area, according to the spokesman, adding that there were no government casualties.

Excerpted

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Pakistani_military_says_it_killed_u_01162007.html


873 posted on 01/16/2007 11:09:18 AM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: nwctwx
I saw both the Sunday and Monday night episodes. I'd let 24 lapse for the last few seasons, but this opening brought me back. I think it could occur just as it was portrayed in the show last night. Of particular interest was the subplot involving the folks living next door to a Peaceful Muslim that's constantly being picked on as a "scapegoat" for all Arabs when in fact he IS a terrorist and winds up killing the infidels who defended him!

I don't know what's worse, the nuke or the fact that Jack Bauer is having a nervous breakdown. I wonder if they're fixin' to give him some "down time" in the series. That's the TEST of a mega-hit series: It can survive the death of the prime character. Can somebody give me a list of the key players killed off last season? I stopped watching after a mole in CTU killed Jack's wife. So, who's died since her (Mrs Bauer)?

874 posted on 01/16/2007 11:22:56 AM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Cindy

Did you watch it? I guess it upset some people . . .

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768305/posts


875 posted on 01/16/2007 11:54:18 AM PST by texpat72 (<><)
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To: ExSoldier

President David Palmer, and Michelle Dressler were killed in the first five minutes of season 5.

I saw a special on E! channel, and they said that Kiefer Sutherland has signed on for two more seasons.


876 posted on 01/16/2007 12:06:44 PM PST by texpat72 (<><)
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President David Palmer.....

He FAKED his death! Got a promotion to Sergeant Major in The Unit.

877 posted on 01/16/2007 1:07:27 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier
I'd let 24 lapse for the last few seasons...

IMO seasons 4 and 5 were far better than the previous three. Get them through Netflix or amazon.com. You'll be hooked again :-)

878 posted on 01/16/2007 1:30:57 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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Pakistanis hit possible al-Qaida target
Tue Jan 16, 1:24 PM ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked a suspected al-Qaida hide-out in forest near the Afghan border Tuesday, killing up to 10 people and sparking anger among tribesmen who said the dead were woodcutters, not terrorists.

The raid in South Waziristan came as Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Afghanistan and as pressure grew on Pakistan to crack down on militants launching attacks across the frontier.

Pakistan's army said intelligence sources confirmed the presence of 25 to 30 militants, including four or five unidentified al-Qaida terrorists, occupying five compounds in the area of Zamzola — a village about two miles from the frontier.

Excerpted

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_al_qaida

Philippine troops overrun Muslim militant camp on southern island
January 16, 2007

MANILA, Philippines: Troops battled al-Qaida-linked Muslim extremists on a southern Philippine island, capturing a rebel camp and killing one militant, officials said Tuesday. Army soldiers fought 60 Abu Sayyaf members in mountainous Talipao town on Jolo island on Monday, military spokesman Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said. Talipao is 950 kilometers (590 miles) south of Manila.

The clash with the group of Abu Solaiman, a senior Abu Sayyaf leader on a U.S. list of terrorists, also left two soldiers wounded. "We believe that Abu Solaiman was wounded," Bacarro added without elaborating. The U.S. government is offering a U.S.$5 million (€3.86 million) reward for Solaiman's capture. Bacarro said troops overran the militant's jungle camp, where soldiers found 17 bunkers and bomb-making tools.

Excerpted

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/16/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php

Russian missiles delivered to Iran
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7

MOSCOW - Russia has delivered new anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran and will consider further requests by Tehran for defensive weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.

"We have supplied the modern short-range anti-aircraft systems TOR-M1 in accordance with our contracts," Ivanov told reporters. "Iran is not under sanctions and if it wants to buy defensive ... equipment for its armed forces then why not?"

Excerpted

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-01-16T121314Z_01_L16260588_RTRUKOC_0_US-RUSSIA-IRAN-MISSILES.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

879 posted on 01/16/2007 1:56:09 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: nwctwx; texpat72

Yes, my family and I watched 24.

The reason why I even bring it up here on The Threat Matrix is because this show causes one to THINK ABOUT TERRORISM and the war on terrorism.


880 posted on 01/16/2007 1:58:33 PM PST by Cindy
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