Threat Matrix: June 2007

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British Intelligence: Al-Qaida Expanding
-Full Story-

British intelligence officials said they believe that al-Qaida has a secure base in Pakistan's Waziristan region and is planning terrorist operations.

The group is reaching out to Muslims in North Africa, The Telegraph reported. Last year, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, an Algerian terrorist group, merged itself into al-Qaida, a move announced by Osama bin Laden's chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a tape promising action against the "apostates" in the Algerian government and "the treacherous sons of France."

Al-Qaida is also believed to be planning expansion into Lebanon and Syria, the newspaper report said.

	U.S. Battles al-Qaida in Baghdad
	U.S. Terror Expert Says Nuclear Risk Low
	Is North African Militant New Face of al-Qaida?

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12357&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070616-08
June 16, 2007

Citizen tip leads Wolfhounds to key insurgent leaders
Multi-National Division – North PAO

TIKRIT, Iraq – An Iraqi citizen tip led Coalition Forces to two wanted insurgent cell leaders and nine other suspected insurgents, who were captured during operations June 15, near the village of Hawijah, 40 miles southwest of the city of Kirkuk.

The two men wanted for coordinating attacks against coalition and Iraqi Security Forces and aiding Al Qaeda in Iraq were captured by Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

There were no reports of coalition or civilian casualties.

The 2-27 Infantry Battalion is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12345&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070615-29

June 15, 2007

Iraqi Army kills insurgent commander responsible for EFP attacks, six others detained
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army Forces conducted an afternoon operation June 14 that resulted in the death of a commander of an insurgent militia group and the detention of six other suspected insurgents.

The insurgent commander, Shaykh Arkan Hefez Al Zubaydi, was responsible for conducting improvised explosive device attacks on innocent civilians and Iraqi and Coalition Forces in As Suwayrah. He was also suspected of facilitating weapons transfers, ordering attacks on coalition bases, conducting judicial killings and coordinating the abduction and murder of an Iraqi Force member.

While conducting the operation, several suspects fled into a nearby government building. Upon entering the building, Iraqi Forces came under fire and responded with well-aimed fire, which lead to the death of the insurgent commander. Six other suspected insurgents were detained during the operation.

Iraqi Forces also seized two grenades, two pistols, five cell phones and two computers.

Coalition Forces served as advisors during this operation. No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured in the operation.

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[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html

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

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6756149.stm

Last Updated: Friday, 15 June 2007, 23:00 GMT 00:00 UK

“Rushdie knighted in honours list”

ARTICLE SNPPET: “Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, has been knighted by the Queen.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “It was banned in many countries with large Muslim communities and in 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s spiritual leader, issued a fatwa, ordering Sir Salman’s execution.

In 1998, the Iranian government said it would no longer support the fatwa, but some groups have said it is irrevocable.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In backing Jack Straw over his comments on Muslim women wearing veils, Sir Salman said veils “suck” as they were a symbol of the “limitation of women”.

He also weighed into the furore surrounding the Danish cartoons, which satirised the Prophet Muhammad, warning against Islamic “totalitarianism”.

Of his knighthood for services to literature, Rushdie said: “I am thrilled and humbled to receive this great honour, and am very grateful that my work has been recognised in this way.””

[fanfan]

Cops seek murder suspect

Saturday, 11;10 a.m.: Woman found dead inside west-end home

Sat, June 16, 2007
Cops seek murder suspect
Saturday, 11;10 a.m.: Woman found dead inside west-end home

By Sun Media

Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in finding a murder suspect after a body was found inside a west-end home yesterday.

The adult woman was found dead in her Gage Cres. home at about 4:30 p.m. The identification of the victim has yet to be positively confirmed.

Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant in the first instance for first-degree murder against 19-year-old Aaron Howard of Ottawa.

Howard was last seen in Ottawa at about 8 p.m. Thursday, carrying a black and red suitcase. He is described as black male, 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11, medium athletic build, long dreadlock/afro hair.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Crime Section at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-TIPS (8477).

Link

[fanfan]

OPP looking for copper thieves
Friday, 2:15 p.m.

By JON WILLING, SUN MEDIA

Hydro One has suffered another copper theft.

OPP in South Glengarry received a report yesterday of about 91 meters of copper wire stolen from a jobsite on Concession 3.

Police have said copper theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in Ontario. Hydro One has partnered with Crime Stoppers in trying to catch the thieves.

The soaring cost of the metal is believed to be the reason for the crime trend.

Anyone with information about the thefts can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Link

[Cindy]

Thank you very much fanfan for posting these links/article snippets.

[fanfan]

You are very welcome Cindy.
We will save civilization yet.
:-)

[Cindy]

Smiling back at you, fan fan.

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851489/posts

Bunkers In Vogue As Cold War Fears Rise
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6-17-2007 | Bojan Pancevski

Posted on 06/16/2007 6:28:47 PM PDT by blam

“Bunkers in vogue as cold war fears rise”

By Bojan Pancevski in Vienna, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:55am BST 17/06/2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “It may sound a lot of money for an unsightly steel cube, but Germans are queuing up to pay £60,000 for the latest addition to the garden: a prefabricated nuclear bunker.

With fears of terrorism, natural disasters and a cold war revival on the rise, a German company has tapped into the climate of insecurity and produced the continent’s first ready-made fallout shelter.

ABC Guard - its name a reference to the protection it is said to offer from atomic, biological and chemical warfare - invites potential customers to “rely on absolute security made in Germany” as it restores an industry thriving on fears that have not been felt in the country since the withdrawal of Russian troops from former East Germany.”

[Cindy]

AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: Camp Pendleton - "THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING HADITHA CASE" by Clarice Feldman (June 16, 2007) (Read More...)

[Fedora]

Thanks, Cindy!

[Cindy]

You’re welcome and THANK YOU Fedora.
I appreciate it.

[Cindy]

THANKS to BurbankKarl for the ping to this thread.

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851561/posts

Ex-UC Riverside student held in firebomb incidents
LA Times ^ | 6/16/07 | Cara Mia DiMassa, Times Staff Writer

Posted on 06/16/2007 10:38:57 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

A former UC Riverside student was arrested Saturday in connection with a series of on-campus incidents — including the discovery of two homemade firebombs — that led to the cancellation of Friday evening’s graduation ceremony, authorities said.

University police arrested Audley Yung, 22, originally from Richmond, Calif., at his off-campus apartment. They said they believed he was responsible for the firebombs, sending officials threatening letters and setting a palm tree on fire.

Yung was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center on three charges: possession of a destructive device, arson and terrorist threats. Bail was set at $25,000.

Officials said their investigation was ongoing but that they believed Yung acted alone.

Yung, who entered the university as a biological sciences major and later switched to undeclared in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, attended UC Riverside in 2002 and 2003, authorities said, and took summer session courses on the campus in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He is not enrolled for the upcoming summer session.

The university resumed its commencement ceremonies Saturday under heightened security. Officials said that Friday night’s commencement on the campus had been rescheduled for Monday at 9 a.m., with tickets for the Friday event being accepted then.

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

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851586/posts

N. Korea: U.S. cites nuke-related entity in N. Korea’s UNDP fund diversion
Kyodo News ^ | 06/16/07

Posted on 06/17/2007 1:08:23 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

“U.S. cites nuke-related entity in N. Korea’s UNDP fund diversion”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(Kyodo) _ The United States suspects North Korea has diverted funds provided by the U.N. Development Program to an entity affiliated with a North Korean bank believed involved in Pyongyang’s nuclear development, according to copies of U.S. letters to the UNDP obtained Friday.”

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851058/posts

“’Executions of cell phone users up in N. Korea’”
Jerusalem Post ^ | Jun. 14, 2007

Posted on 06/15/2007 4:33:32 PM PDT by Lorianne

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070616-113050-5444r.htm

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“North Korea opens to U.N. nuclear probe”
By Bo-mi Lim
ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 17, 2007

SEOUL

[Cindy]

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_3072.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Sun Jun 17 2007 01:46:56 GMT-0700.

LEBANON

June 14, 2007

[Cindy]

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

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Note: The following breaking news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3413812,00.html

Netanyahu: We cannot have Iranian base outside of Tel Aviv
Published: 06.17.07, 11:43 / Israel News

Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel should besiege the Gaza Strip and prepare for military action in order to defeat Hamas.

“We cannot have an Iranian base on the outskirts of Beer Sheva and Tel Aviv,” said Netanyahu during a tour of the Golan Heights. (Ahiya Raved)

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3413767,00.html

“Israel halts fuel supply to Gaza

Gaza chaos leads Dor Alon energy company to discontinue sale of gas to most of Strip, excluding Gaza’s power plant. Fuel in Strip expected to run out within a few days; Dor Alon to lose some $120 million”

Tani Goldstein
Published: 06.17.07, 10:40

[Cindy]

More details UPDATE:

(Note: Photos included.)

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ct_130607e.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
June 17 , 2007

“The Israel Security Agency arrested two female residents of the Gaza Strip who, guided by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, intended to perpetrate a double suicide bombing attack at a crowded place in Tel-Aviv and in Netanya”

(June 17, 2007)

[Cindy]

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_922.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Sun Jun 17 2007 01:58:39 GMT-0700.

ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

January 17, 2007

[Cindy]

More Details UPDATE:

blog:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003787.html

June 15, 2007
“UK: Al Qaeda Islamist’s Gang Jailed For 136 Years”