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Posted on 07/01/2007 2:42:24 PM PDT by nwctwx
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He as avoided many attempts and survived a few unscathed. We are one heartbeat away from an islamic bomb.
The poster was Daleel Almojahid at that time, but yes it was called order #8 - Bayan movement or something like that.
do you think this is the signal? especially with the 3 lines over again like the zawahri tape?
Yes, I think it's some type of signal.
chertoff may have a bad feeling in his gut for a reason he won’t tell us.
Between Chertoff's gut and FBI Director Mueller's laying awake at night comments - you betcha they know something that we don't.
get your essentials just incase.
Yep, yep - I agree.
Placemark
I agree completely.
3. Ali Abd al Rahman al Faqasi al Ghamdi. (aka Abu Bakr al Azdi) He reportedly was to have been part of the planes operation but was held in reserve by Bin Ladin for a later, even larger operation. Like other muscle hijackers,.....
Interesting, I'm glad you pointed that out - especially "like other muscle hijackers". I hadn't remembered that Abu Bakr was groomed as a hijacker.
CNN reporting powerful blast in Pakistan.
“cave of darkness”
malta
bookmark
Thanks, Joe
I’ll go with your ‘gut’ on that.
Massive suicide attack in Pakistan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867261/posts
Thanks, Calpernia for the ping.
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 17, 2007
Fact Sheet: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland
What The Administration Is Doing To Protect America From The Persistent, Evolving Threat From Al-Qaeda
White House News
In Focus: Homeland Security
In Focus: Renewal in Iraq
Today, The Director Of National Intelligence (DNI) Presented To The President And Congress A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) On The Terrorist Threat To The U.S. Homeland. This NIE provides a broad, strategic, and coordinated framework for understanding the terrorist threat to the United States over the next three years. It provides the Intelligence Community’s baseline judgments in order to help policymakers develop and prioritize the government’s response.
This NIE Reinforces The Seriousness Of The Terrorist Threat Against The Homeland. The NIE found the main terrorist threat to the United States comes from Islamic terrorist groups and cells, especially al-Qaeda. Their intent to attack the U.S. is undiminished, and they continue to adapt and improve their capabilities.
The DNI Released Unclassified Key Judgments Of The NIE, Which Included Findings That:
Increased worldwide counterterrorism efforts since 9/11 have constrained the ability of al-Qaeda to attack the U.S. again and have led terrorist groups to perceive the U.S. as a harder target to strike than it was on 9/11.
Al-Qaeda has protected or regenerated three of the four key elements of homeland plotting: a safe haven in the Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Area, operational lieutenants, and its top leadership.
Al-Qaeda will leverage the contacts and capabilities of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), its most visible and capable affiliate and the only one known to have expressed a desire to attack us here.
We Are Confronting The Threat From Al-Qaeda And Degrading Their Capabilities
On 9/11, The President Resolved That We Would Go On The Offense Against Our Enemies. We have built new institutions to better coordinate homeland defense and intelligence collection, developed new tools to monitor and track terrorists and their finances, and marshaled all national resources to attack the terrorist enemies at war with us.
The United States And Our Allies Have Captured Or Killed Senior Al-Qaeda Leaders And Disrupted Numerous Plots Against The United States And Our Allies:
Abd al-Hadi: Osama bin Laden tried to send Iraqi-born terrorist Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi to Iraq. Abd al-Hadi had been a senior advisor to bin Laden and served as his top commander in Afghanistan. He also directed plots to assassinate those opposed to al-Qaeda, such as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and a Pakistani United Nations official. Abd al-Hadi never made it to Iraq. He was captured in late 2006.
Passenger Airplane Plot: In January 2006, bin Laden warned the American people: “Operations are under preparation and you will see them on your own ground once they are finished.” Seven months later, British authorities broke up the most ambitious known al-Qaeda threat related to the U.S. since the 9/11 attacks: a plot to blow up passenger airplanes flying to America. Our Intelligence Community believes that this plot was just two or three weeks away from execution. If it had been carried out, it could have rivaled 9/11 in death and destruction.
Zarqawi: In January 2005, bin Laden tasked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to form a cell to conduct terrorist attacks outside Iraq – with America as the number one priority. To help in this effort, bin Laden tasked one of his top operatives, Hamza Rabi’a, to send Zarqawi a briefing on al-Qaeda’s external operations, including information about operations against the U.S. In December 2005, Rabi’a was killed in Pakistan. Several months after that, in June 2006, U.S. and Iraqi forces killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and killed or captured several of his top lieutenants, including his Baghdad chief of operations and his top bomb-maker.
We Remain On The Offense Against Terrorists Abroad, While We Defend Against Attacks On The Homeland, U.S. Interests Abroad, And Our Friends And Allies.
Constantly Evaluating The Threat: Every day, the U.S. government’s intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security communities review current threats and how to address them. Every week, senior counterterrorism officials meet at the White House to review the current and strategic threat and to organize efforts to wage the War on Terror. The President continues to receive regular al-Qaeda-related intelligence briefings and homeland security updates from his top Administration officials.
Leveraging Resources Strategically: As we have done during other periods of heightened threat, we are focusing our resources strategically. In this case, we have established an Interagency Task Force under the leadership of the National Counterterrorism Center to develop additional options and measures for acquiring information and disrupting potential terrorist attacks on the U.S. The task force evaluates new intelligence and considers measures that may help disrupt the threat. The group regularly reports to White House officials and shares information with other counterterrorism elements.
Adapting To The Threat: Homeland security and law enforcement agencies have been reviewing their current operations and are enhancing, where necessary, efforts to better respond to and address the heightened threat environment.
Amplifying Our Cooperation With Key Allies: We are working with key partners to undermine al-Qaeda’s attempts to access and co-opt regional networks for their own strategic purpose.
In Pakistan, we continue to work with President Musharraf and the Government to capture key al-Qaeda operatives and pressure al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The Pakistanis understand the threat that al-Qaeda and violent extremism pose to their country, and we will continue to work with them to deny Pakistan as a safe haven for terrorists.
In North Africa, we are working with our partners to counter al-Qaeda’s expansion into the Maghreb – evident in the emergence of “al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” (AQIM). This group has claimed responsibility for recent terrorist bombings in Algeria, including the April 11 and July 11 attacks against civilians in Algiers.
In the Persian Gulf, we continue to strengthen efforts to dismantle terrorist cells, stem terrorist financing, and undercut the ideology used by al-Qaeda and its supporters to justify the murder of innocents.
In Europe, we continue to build strong relationships to increase information sharing and counterterrorism cooperation while also building awareness of the nature of the threat and the challenges posed to Europe as terrorists exploit existing infrastructures to support their operations.
We are looking at additional ways of disrupting al-Qaeda’s network, including even more aggressively countering al-Qaeda’s violent message and the group’s attempts to exploit the grievances and suffering of local groups for its own benefit.
Since 9/11, America Is Safer – But We Are Not Yet Safe
Our Enemies Have Not Succeeded In Launching Another Attack On Our Soil, But They Have Not Been Idle. Since 9/11, al-Qaeda and those inspired by its hateful ideology have carried out terrorist attacks in more than two dozen nations. They have plotted against the U.S. but have thus far not succeeded in attacking us – in part because we have taken bold action at home and abroad to keep our people safe.
We Remain Vigilant And Are Taking Necessary Steps To Protect The American People. We have asked the American people to remain vigilant as well and to report suspicious activity.
We Will Continue To Work With Congress To Ensure That We Have The Necessary Tools And Resources To Protect The Homeland. This includes passing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Modernization bill that will make America safer by improving our intelligence capabilities while protecting privacy interests. This 1978 law should be updated to take into account the sweeping telecommunications advances that could not have been anticipated by Congress and that will allow the FISA Court and law enforcement officials to concentrate attention and resources on appropriate communications.
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Kansas
More of Valley Center being evacuated as chemical fire blazes
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/192995.html
Hundreds Evacuated After Train Crash Releases Toxic Cloud in Ukraine
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3797685&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1
On it
thanks hipshot
Adding 1 link to post no. 1151 for archival purposes.
July 13, 2007
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/doj/pressrel/2007/ph071307.htm
FORMER WILKES-BARRE MAN CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTING TO
PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL-QAEDA AND RELATED CHARGES
Thomas A. Marino, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Michael Curtis Reynolds, age 49, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was convicted by a jury of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda and related charges. He faces 67½ in prison. The jury returned the guilty verdicts in the courtroom of United States Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik after about an hour of deliberation.
According to U.S. Attorney Marino, the evidence at trial established that starting in October 2005, Michael Curtis Reynolds began an attempt to aid a foreign terrorist organization—Al-Qaeda. Reynolds’ plan was to help Al-Qaeda units that he believed existed in Canada and this country to make an attempt to destroy fuel pipelines servicing the United States. He was motivated to solicit and assist in this proposed attack because he disagreed with war in Iraq, was angered by the revocation of his passport while he was in Thailand, and by his own personal greed.
Fortunately Reynolds’ plan was reported to the FBI just as it was beginning. From that point, a cooperating witness and later an FBI Special Agent posing as an Al-Qaeda terrorist communicated with Reynolds over the Internet about his scheme. Posing as that terrorist, for approximately a month they discussed with Reynolds his targets and other details of his plan. This communication over the Internet involved more than 50 messages and lasted until December 5, 2005, when FBI Special Agents arrested Reynolds at a desolate rest stop near Pocatello, Idaho, commonly known in the area as Hell’s Half Acre. Reynolds was arrested when he arrived to pick up what he believed would be $40,000, which was partial payment for his services and future services to the Al-Qaeda terrorists.
The evidence at trial also established that Reynolds possessed an unregistered grenade within his storage locker in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Reynolds was convicted of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization; attempting to provide material support and resources to be used in maliciously damaging or destroying property by means of force or explosive; soliciting others to engage in a felony using physical force against property; distributing over the Internet information to be used in furtherance of a crime of violence; and possession of an unregistered grenade. The jury acquitted him of another unregistered-grenade charge.
U.S. Attorney Marino stated, “Because of the astute work of the FBI, the diabolical plans of a wouldbe Al-Qaeda sympathizer were uncovered. Individuals such as Reynolds represent a threat to our safety. I commend the FBI and everyone involved in the prosecution of this case for bringing him to justice.”
Reynolds is presently imprisoned at the Lackawanna County Jail in Scranton, Pennsylvania, pending his sentencing which will occur in approximately five months.
This case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus.
THANK YOU nw for all the heads up, links and posts.
I appreciate it.
UPDATE:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017416.php
(THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS)
July 17, 2007
“Dallas Muslim women arrested after standoff with police; explosive devices found in house; conducted surveillance at airport last April”
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Previously...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015951.php
(THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS)
April 6, 2007
“Muslim women at Love Field ‘acting suspiciously’”
Things like this are why I moved!!!!
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