Threat Matrix: March 2007

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Senior Taliban leader held in Pakistan
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Pakistani security forces have captured a high-ranking Taliban leader in the southwestern city of Quetta, a senior security official and Taliban sources said late Thursday

The capture of Mullah Obaidullah Akhund marked the first Pakistan arrest of a senior leader of the Islamist militia since it was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001 when thousands of its fighters fled into Pakistan.

The security official and Taliban sources said Akhund, the third most senior member of the Taliban's 10-member leadership council, was arrested late on Monday, hours after a surprise visit to Pakistan by U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney.

	Pakistan Denies bin Laden in Country
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[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810107/posts

"Pakistan jihad schools thriving"
The Australian ^ | 31 March 2007 | Bruce Loudon

Posted on 04/01/2007 3:32:29 AM PDT by Cornpone

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=65786

you are here: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
"Warden Message: Kyiv Demonstrations March 30 - April 1"
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Europe - Ukraine
30 Mar 2007

[Cindy]

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=38267

"Al-Qaeda video threating Spanish troops ‘genuine’"
30 March 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MADRID - Spain's CNI intelligence service confirmed the authenticity of a videotape purportedly from Al Qaeda that threatens attacks against Spanish troops serving in Afghanistan.

Defence minister Jose Antonio Alonso said the government "does not discount any threat or pressure" coming from international terrorists and especially when linked to Al Qaeda.

Regarding the latest violent incident experienced by Spanish troops in Afghanistan, which occurred on March 15 but was revealed on Wednesday in Parliament, the minister commented that "it is thought" that two men were using a motorcycle to transport the bomb that exploded prematurely were going to attack Spanish troops and/or another military contingent.

He said that the motorcycle approached a Spanish convoy but exploded while still about 200 metres (yards) away, a blast which did not injure any of the troops."

[Cindy]

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

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

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07030200.htm

Saturday, March 31, 2007

"Christian House Church Leaders Arrested in Liaoning and Anhui Provinces of China"

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MIDLAND, TEXAS (ANS) -- Local police in the Chinese province of Liaoning arrested a 54-year-old house church leader while she was sharing her faith with the secretary of the Communist Party of her village.

Ms. Gu Changrong was arrested by the police in Qingyuan county, Fushun city, Liaoning province as she was sharing her faith with Mr. Yu Mingfu, who is the secretary of the Communist Party of her village.

According to China Aid Association (CAA), Mr. Yu called the police accusing Ms. Gu "poisoning Communist Party members" with the Christian message. Three Public Security Bureau (PSB) members took away Ms. Gu. Ms. Gu’s relatives say Ms. Gu was sentenced to one year of re-education through labor for "using evil cult organizations to obstruct the exercising of state laws.""

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809959/posts

"China Is Accused Of Fuelling Pacific Arms Race As Submarine Orders Rise"
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-31-2007 | Tim Shipman - Chad Bouchard

Posted on 03/31/2007 4:27:37 PM PDT by blam

[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, Sun Apr 01 2007 04:57:42 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution

October 11, 2006

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810122/posts

"Beijing's modern war machine is closing rapidly on its 2050 target"
The Daily Telegraph ^ | 01/04/2007 | David Eimer

Posted on 04/01/2007 4:53:51 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

[RaceBannon]

If I remember right, The Enemy Within was not Christian Amanpour

However, the BBC did an expose with hidden cameras, those videos can be found on youtube

[fanfan]

OPP Warns Of Phony Cop (Canada)

Friday March 30, 2007

Video, with image of perp, at link at post #1698

Thanks to Oorang for the ping.

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Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[Chode]

and the GoatHumpers, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!

[Cindy]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810189/posts

Dutch businessman who sold chemicals to Saddam appeals war crimes conviction
AP via International Herald Tribune ^ | April 01, 2007

Posted on 04/01/2007 7:57:38 AM PDT by jdm

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A Dutch appeals court is to begin hearing the case Monday of a businessman convicted of war crimes for selling chemicals to Saddam Hussein that the Iraqi dictator used in the mass killings of Kurds.
Frans van Anraat, 64, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in December 2005 for selling tons of precursor chemicals that were made into mustard gas and nerve gas unleashed on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq in 1987-88.

Van Anraat said he didn't know the chemicals — some of which were purchased in the United States — could be used for anything but industry.

But judges at the Hague District Court disagreed, ruling that Van Anraat attempted to conceal the transfers with a network of holding companies because he knew he was violating a U.S. export ban, and knew the chemicals would be used for killing.

They convicted him of "complicity in violating the rules of war," but acquitted him of complicity in genocide, finding that he didn't know specifically that the chemicals would be used against the Kurds.

Judges gave him the maximum sentence possible under Dutch law, saying he was driven by greed and showed no remorse.

Van Anraat is appealing his conviction, arguing he was unfairly singled out for prosecution. Prosecutors are appealing his genocide acquittal, arguing he continued seeking to sell chemicals to Iraq, even after hearing of the attack on the town of Halabja on March 16, 1988, in which around 5,000 Kurds were gassed to death using chemicals he supplied.

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

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iraq
http://www.memri.org/iraq.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=kurds
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=prewardocs

[Oorang]

Good grief MamaD. I hate to fly but those articles you posted are none too comforting. Won't we ever learn???

[Oorang]

Ahmadinejad certainly seems to be taunting the western world these days. Those for posting that info Cindy.

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005993.html

01 April 2007
"Some have called it the "haganah-ization" of US policy regarding jihadi use of the Internet"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "For our part we will note that this is not really news. 60 Minutes may have taken advantage of the reticence of Gen. Custer of CENTCOM to discuss such matters, in order to make it appear as though the USA is not addressing this issue, but the fact of the matter is that the Secretary of Defense signed off on something called The Information Operations Roadmap in October of 2003. Interested individuals will find a redacted version of the document online via George Washington University.

We've long advocated precisely this kind of "virtual scorched-earth policy", wherein offensive operations would be implemented by governments while civilians engage in lawful activities such as filing complaints with service providers and serving as much needed eyes and ears monitoring jihadist activities online."

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http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=51045

"U.S. Military Beefs Up Internet Arsenal"

By Jim Michaels
March 28, 2007 10:23AM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Cyberattacks can take different forms, including eliminating terrorists' Web sites and creating doubts among insurgents about their networks' security, said John Arquilla, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School who favors an offensive approach he calls a "virtual scorched-earth policy.""

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Note: The following text (minus the video) is a quote:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005942.html

10 March 2007
There is this news program in the USA, called 60 Minutes.
And on that news program, last Sunday, a story aired that might be of some interest.

(Video player requires Flash Player.)

A few points of clarification:

• It isn't just me, this is a team effort.

• I've never actually attacked any web site - I just publish information which has lead service providers to make an informed decision to discontinue services to various web sites. Sometimes I deliver that information myself. Most of the time I leave that work to volunteers.

• I didn't quit my day job, I was laid off, and I turned that into an opportunity to make a business out of my counter-terrorism 'hobby'. That was in 2003, and it took about nine months to get the business up and running well enough to keep me employed full time.

• There is a certain truth to the rodeo clown analogy, just keep in mind that there is a reason why people have nightmares about clowns.

• This is a high-risk enterprise. If you are not sure how you will respond to being on the receiving end of gunfire, look elsewhere for gainful employment.

Posted on 10 March 2007 @ 12:10

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-716973547969999069&hl=en

"Jihad.com 60 Minutes"
(Added March 5, 2007)

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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005011.html

21 September 2005
"Fighting New Terror - Theory and Israeli Experience"
By Isaac Ben-Israel

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http://www.sofir.org

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005941.html

10 March 2007
House Resolution 224
[This came as a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my inbox the other day.]

HRES 224 IH

110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. RES. 224

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that corporate owners of websites that share user-posted videos should take action to remove jihadi propaganda.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 2007

Mr. SHUSTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that corporate owners of websites that share user-posted videos should take action to remove jihadi propaganda.

Whereas since the World Wide Web's public release in 1991, the Internet has evolved into a revolutionary tool to facilitate the free access and distribution of information instantaneously and electronically to peoples all over the world;

Whereas the Internet has created a global community that has become the cornerstone of commerce, speech, and culture for the Twenty-first Century;

Whereas jihadi terrorist organizations throughout the world have taken advantage of the Internet's anonymity, low cost, and lack of regulation to raise funds as well as radicalize, recruit, and train potential members to join their organizations and participate in violent jihad against the West;

Whereas terrorist organizations including Al-Qaeda have organized media operations such as as-Sahab, Sawt al-Khilafa (Voice of the Caliphate), and the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) to create and distribute jihadi propaganda and training materials on the Internet;

Whereas jihadi terrorist media operations continue to utilize video and media sharing websites such as YouTube, Liveleak, Google Video, and others to spread their message of hate, propagandize their insurgent operations, and facilitate the training of prospective terrorists;

Whereas the use of the Internet by jihadi organizations who seek the destruction of America has been identified by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM); as well as private organizations including the SITE Institute (Search for International Terrorist Entities), the Society for Internet Research, and the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) as a major threat to American troops, homeland security and our success in the Global War on Terror;

Whereas social networking video distribution websites generally reserve the right to remove objectionable material; and

Whereas many websites have recognized the threat these videos pose and have taken steps to remove them from circulation: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--

(1) terrorists view the Internet as a key tool in their ongoing jihad to recruit members, spread information, and distribute propaganda for their cause, and, in doing so, they have turned the World Wide Web into a new battleground in the War on Terror;

(2) in a time of war, terrorist videos amount to enemy communications;

(3) while Congress should not regulate the Internet, the owners of websites that share user-posted videos should exercise proper corporate governance and take steps to remove enemy propaganda from their sites;

(4) if the owners of these website suspect that a user on their site is a member of or affiliated with a known terrorist organization, they should cooperate with law enforcement and the intelligence community to report questionable postings; and

(5) Congress recognizes and applauds the work of the SITE Institute, the Society for Internet Research, the Middle East Media Research Institute and others for their work in combating online jihad and creating a resource for public education of the terrorist's use of the Internet in the War on Terror.

Posted on 10 March 2007 @ 12:06

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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/004824.html

23 August 2005
"Global Jihad, the Internet and Opportunities for Counter-Terror Operations"
by A. Aaron Weisburd

[Cindy]

Yep, I agree.
He's a bully trying to pick a fight.
He has to be very careful for what he wishes for.

I am praying for the Iranian people that they can
resolve the problems that Ahmadinejad and the
Mad Mullahs are causing.

[Cindy]

Giggling...

Note: The following text (minus the graphic) is a quote:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005990.html

01 April 2007
TECH - use mirrors to detect detectives

An old-school approach to dealing with paranoia: use small mirrors to look down alleys where you think spies may be lurking.

Of course the spies will see you placing those mirrors, but why quibble over a little detail like that...

Posted on 01 April 2007 @ 09:34

[Cindy]

Oh my gosh, watch your hands and no fuzzy hugs for sure...

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Note: The following text (minus the graphic) is a quote:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005989.html

01 April 2007
SHARIA - no holding hands either

It's a good thing there's no way to hold hands over the Internet, or the moderators of one jihadi forum would have to start killing off the members:

To paraphrase: It has come to the attention of The Management that there have been unseemly exchanges of pleasantries and terms of endearment between forum members of the opposite sex. Members are warned that further transgressions will be punished most severely.

Posted on 01 April 2007 @ 09:33

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005988.html

01 April 2007
"OSINT - doubts about 'fatah islam'"

SNIPPET: "Evidently we are not alone is having doubts about this supposed al-Qaida franchise in Nahr el-Barid."

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005987.html