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Threat Matrix: September 2007
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Posted on 09/01/2007 6:24:54 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
The Birth of al Qaedastan

In the year 2016, the world may find itself gloomily marking September 6 as the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan. The Emirate received de facto recognition when the Taliban used the name on the ceasefire agreement they signed with Pakistan on that day in 2006. If things go terribly wrong in the coming decade, they could come to rule a mountainous fragment of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Emirate would be a nightmare state: Osama bin Laden as sultan, Ayman al Zawahiri as vizier, and Mullah Omar the spiritual leader. An economy built on smuggling and heroin. Primary export: terrorism. Welcome to ‘Al Qaedastan’.

Analysts say the rise of a terrorist state straddling the rugged area between Pakistan and Afghanistan is now viable. The reason is a number of troubling trends. One, the revival of a Taliban firmly in the control of Al Qaeda. Two, the seeming inability of either Kabul or Islamabad to defeat the new threat militarily. Three, and the most striking, the Taliban’s systematic supplanting of the traditional tribal leadership in the area. Full story...

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Note: The following text is a quote:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=74017

you are here: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Kenya Kidnapping Threat to American Citizens
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya
28 Sep 2007

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24 Sep 2007
Security Notice: Nairobi Embassy Staff Carjacking Incident
24 Sep 2007
Security Notice: Nairobi Embassy Staff Residential Break-In
12 Sep 2007
Warden Message: Indian Ocean Basin Tsunami Watch Alert
31 Aug 2007
Public Announcement: East Africa
31 Jul 2007
Warden Message: Kenya Animal-Borne Disease Advisory
U.S. Embassy Nairobi issued the following Warden Message on September 28:

U.S. Embassy Nairobi has received information that Islamic extremists in southern Somalia may be planning kidnapping operations inside of Kenya. There are indications that Islamic extremists based in Somalia may be planning to target Westerners, especially American citizens, in the Kiwayu Island tourist area and other beach sites frequented by Western travelers on the northeast coast near Somalia. All U.S. citizens in these areas should exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant at all times.

For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov , where the current Worldwide Caution, Public Announcements, Travel Warnings, and health-information resources can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S. and Canada or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

The U.S Embassy is located on United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya; telephone (254) (20) 363-6000; fax (254)(20) 363-6410. In the event of an after-hours emergency, the Embassy duty officer may be contacted at (254) (20) 363-6170. The Embassy’s international mailing address is P.O. Box 606, Village Market 00621, Nairobi, Kenya. Mail using U.S. domestic postage may be addressed to Unit 64100, APO AE 09831. The Embassy home page is http://kenya.usembassy.gov .


2,241 posted on 09/29/2007 3:34:56 AM PDT by Cindy
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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, Sat Sep 29 2007 03:36:52 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution

April 10, 2007


2,242 posted on 09/29/2007 3:36:39 AM PDT by Cindy
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PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org


2,243 posted on 09/29/2007 3:37:22 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Velveeta; All

Several people have asked, “When does Ramadan end this year?”

I pulled up several articles that say approximately the same thing, so here’s this one:

http://fusion.stolaf.edu/messenger/index.cfm?section=article&article_number=3588&issue_volume=121&issue_number=2&issue_date=9/28/2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “This year, Ramadan began on Sept. 13, and so the feast of Eid Al-Fitr will be the day after Ramadan ends, Oct. 14. Eid Al-Fitr is one of the two holiest days of the year when fasting is strictly forbidden, and everyone, including the poor, participates in a grand feast.”


2,244 posted on 09/29/2007 3:47:27 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Everything happens when you go off on a trip. :)


2,245 posted on 09/29/2007 5:09:46 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (MTN DEW/AMP/NAT'LGUARD=88 "HMS is like going to Toys R Us When your coming from Kmart"~ Tony Jr)
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placemark


2,246 posted on 09/29/2007 8:42:56 AM PDT by Godzilla (I will not submit, Lets Roll)
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To: Mata6858; Rushmore Rocks

And here’s a thread Rushmore Rocks pinged me to to add to your post, Mata.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904152/posts

“’Suspicious’ items found in U-Haul truck in Tempe(AZ)”
ABC-15 KNXV ^ | 29 SEPT 2007 | Christine Boomer

Posted on 09/29/2007 11:09:52 AM PDT by radar101


2,247 posted on 09/29/2007 1:19:45 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904187/posts

“FARC woman steals plane to desert”
BBC ^ | Saturday, September 29, 2007 | unattributed

Posted on 09/29/2007 1:16:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv


2,248 posted on 09/29/2007 1:35:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Mata6858

Most curious. Thanks Mata.


2,249 posted on 09/29/2007 2:00:01 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: All; Jim Robinson; Jet Jaguar; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OUSSAMA KASSIR REFLUX" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Oussama Abdullah Kassir AKA Abu Khadija AKA Abu Abdullah AKA zubeiddah1417@hotmail.com AKA khadija1417@hotmail.com DBA Islamic Media Center was finally extradited to the United States this past Tuesday, 25 September 2007. The following is not intended to be comprehensive review of Kassir's activities, but rather to reflect on the material we already had within the archives of the Internet Haganah site.") (September 28, 2007)
Link

US DOJ.gov -press release: Washinton - "UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES EXTRADITION OF ACCUSED TERRORIST FROM CZECH REPUBLIC" (September 25, 2007)

2,250 posted on 09/29/2007 2:12:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Excellent news, thanks Cindy.


2,251 posted on 09/29/2007 2:19:13 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: All; Jim Robinson; Jet Jaguar; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006245.html

28 September 2007
“’Cyber Jihadist’ Trial Opens New Front in Anti-Terror Fight”
Sonia Phalnikar | www.dw-world.de

#

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2800263,00.html

Terrorism | 28.09.2007
“’Cyber Jihadist’ Trial Opens New Front in Anti-Terror Fight”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In a landmark case, a court in Germany will decide whether posting terrorist propaganda and calls to violence on the Internet is tantamount to supporting terrorism as it tries a man for conducting a “virtual jihad.”

In the first case of its kind in Germany, a man went on trial this week in the northern city of Celle for posting al Qaeda hate messages and audio and video recordings, by Osama bin Laden among others, in an Internet chartroom for Islamists.

The 36-year-old Iraqi-born Kurdish defendant, known as Ibrahim R., is accused of using the Internet as a “terror weapon” and conducting his own “personal jihad on the computer.”

The defendant, who was under observation by security officials for a year and a half, also faces charges of attempting to recruit members and supporters for two terrorist networks, al Qaeda and “al Qaeda in Iraq.””


2,252 posted on 09/29/2007 2:23:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: fanfan; All
Finch subway reopened after scare Police remove suspicious package (Toronto, Canada)
Sat, September 29, 2007

Thousands of commuters rode buses instead of the TTC subway Saturday after police closed the Finch station to investigate a suspicious package. In the end, emergency task force officers determined a package they were sent to examine around 3:44 a.m. inside the station was not a bomb.

Details about its construction, where it was located and its disposition were not released. Service on the subway resumed around 1:30 p.m., police said.

TTC spokesman Marilyn Bolton said investigators did not provide details of the device, “but they did talk about some possible explosive device.”

She said shuttle buses were put into service from Finch to the Sheppard station. “We didn’t open that piece of subway,” Bolton said. Although no estimate of Saturday's ridership on the buses was available, she said “it’s a good thing it wasn’t a regular weekday, when we have so much more demand.”

http://www.torontosun.com/News/2007/09/29/4536758.html

2,253 posted on 09/29/2007 2:27:18 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

You’re so welcome.
This will be interesting.


2,254 posted on 09/29/2007 2:27:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Oorang

Thanks for the ping Oorang.
I’ve been at work, and hadn’t heard.

I wonder what it was?

(NTSH,MA)


2,255 posted on 09/29/2007 2:30:54 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://memritv.org/subject/en/121.htm

#

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904204/posts

“Just a Reminder...Tonite on FOX: “Iran: The Ticking Bomb””
FOX ^ | Sept. 29, 2007

Posted on 09/29/2007 2:25:55 PM PDT by nuconvert


2,256 posted on 09/29/2007 2:32:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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Imam killed in Russia after speaking out against Islamic militants
Friday, September 28, 2007

MAKHACHKALA, Russia - Gunmen killed a Russian imam on his way to morning prayers in a restive southern region Saturday, a day after he spoke out against Islamic extremists, police said. Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov was shot by attackers in a car while walking from his home to his mosque in the Dagestani settlement of Gudben, they said.

Dagestan, a mostly Muslim region east of Chechnya that is home to many ethnic groups, has been plagued by shootings, bombings and other violence, including regular attacks on top officials and police. Some of the violence has been linked to Islamic extremists and some was rooted in disputes between local criminal clans.

Gadzhimagomedov was a vocal critic of Islamic extremism who had spoken out against militants during a service at the mosque Friday, police said. They said the killing was "clearly a revenge attack" by Islamic militants. In July, a deputy chief mufti at the central mosque in the provincial capital, Makhachkala, was killed, along with his driver, by a roadside bomb blast.

http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=world&articleID=2763786

Pakistan on high alert
September 29, 2007

Security has been beefed up in Pakistan after intelligence agencies feared attacks by suicide bombers on sensitive installations and religious places in the country.

Security officials said they received information that terrorists were planning to attack religious places, police installations and security personnel. Security forces have been directed not to gather in groups, especially when in uniform.

Heavy police contingents have been deployed at worship places, foreign installations, important buildings and police stations and at the Capital City Police Office (CCPO) and Central Police Office (CPO), a newspaper reported. Security personnel in plain clothes have also been deployed at airports, railway stations, bus stands and shopping centres.

Excerpted

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/29alert.htm


2,257 posted on 09/29/2007 2:33:30 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: fanfan

You’re welcome. We’ll probably never know what it was. *sigh*


2,258 posted on 09/29/2007 2:34:58 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Cindy

Thanks, I had no idea. Just set a timer on the TV.


2,259 posted on 09/29/2007 2:36:20 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: Oorang

Some of their specials are pretty good.


2,260 posted on 09/29/2007 2:37:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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