Threat Matrix: November 2007

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[nwctwx]

U.S. to Offer Turkey Help on PKK

The U.S. is to offer Turkey a package of measures to dissuade Ankara from mounting a large-scale military incursion into Iraq to attack PKK Kurdish guerrillas, who have killed scores of Turkish soldiers in recent weeks.

Ahead of a meeting in Washington on Monday between President George W. Bush and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, U.S. officials said Ankara would have to get concrete American help to combat the PKK, which has bases in northern Iraq from where it frequently launches attacks into Turkey.

“Erdogan has to go back with the belief that for whatever reason, the U.S. is serious” about tackling Turkey’s concerns regarding the PKK, said Matthew Bryza, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. state department responsible for Turkey policy. Full story...

	Turkey Imposes Sanctions on Iraqi Kurdistan in Bid to Halt PKK
	Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Turkey: Stay Out of Iraq
	Deaths in Baghdad Hit Yearly Low

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[Cindy]

RECAP:

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "AHMADINEJAD: MILLIONS OF IRANIANS READY FOR 'MARTYRDOM'" (October 31, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE): Tehran - "IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD GENERAL THREATENS SUICIDE ATTACKS IN PERSIAN GULF" (October 29, 2007) (Read More...)

TRUTHUSA.com: "IRAN" (Read More...)

[Velveeta]

North Koreans Fight Pirates, Call U.S. Navy for help
http://www.blackfive.net/main/

[angelsonmyside]

Thank you once again for all the hard work and the ping. You are greatly appreciated.

[Velveeta]

That’s an unbelievably stunning statement.

[Velveeta]

Holy cow!
Nice work!

[Cindy]

Yep, although I don’t think “stunning” was the word churning in my mind.

[Cindy]

Thanks.

[MamaDearest]

Ian, bless you for your diligence and hard work in bringing each month's threads forward. Anything interesting since you moved to that new location (remembering you had potentially fascinating "neighbors").

Welcome back Cindy!

[Velveeta]

The Banner reads As follows:

Soon with the permission of Allah...

"The Finishing [last] word in the Shariaah Session which took place in one of the Centers of Mujahideen"

From Shaykh Abu Yahya Al-Libbi [may Allah protect him]...

http://clearinghouse.infovlad.net/showthread.php?t=9743

[Cindy]

Thank you MamaDearest, I’m glad to be back.

[Cindy]

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/10/remember_the_name_of_this_us_e.php

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: “REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS U.S. ENEMY: HAQQANI”
by James Gordon Meek
(October 21, 2007)

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UPDATE:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/11/senior_leader_of_haq.php

“Senior leader of Haqqani network killed in Afghanistan”
By Bill RoggioNovember 1, 2007 7:15 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Spira district in Kohst province borders North Waziristan in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province. Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat.

While fighting has rages in Kandahar, Uruzgan, Herat provinces, the Afghan Army succeeded in killing Abdul Manan, a senior leader of the Haqqani Network. Manan was killed during an ambush by Afghan soldiers as attempted to from Pakistan into the Spira district of Afghanistan’s Khost province.”

[Velveeta]

Well, my first thought was to punch my monitor and call Bandar a son-of-a (censored before quick draw admin mod pulls my plug).

[Cindy]

Yep, I hope his words gets a lot and a lot and a lot of exposure.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Just telling the truth, you do work hard.

[Cindy]

...and so do you.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919913/posts

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http://reason.com/news/printer/123239.html

“Synthesizing Bioterror
Are mail order pandemics in your future?”

Ronald Bailey | October 30, 2007

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919361/posts
How to Avoid MRSA (Without the Media-induced Panic)
11/1/07 | 60Gunner

Posted on 11/01/2007 1:24:28 AM PDT by 60Gunner

[Cindy]

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

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

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/NATION/111020070/1001

“Chinese military boosts hacking”
By Bill Gertz
November 2, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “HONOLULU — Senior military commanders at the U.S. Pacific Command here said China’s recent test of an anti-satellite weapon and increased computer-hacking activities prompted increased defenses for U.S. forces in the region and in space.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pentagon officials have said Chinese military hackers in recent months carried out computer-based attacks on Pentagon and U.S. military and civilian government computer networks, as well as on foreign government networks.”

[Cindy]

http://www.google.com

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/files/pdffiles/xu1031rel.pdf

Oct. 31, 2007
“Chinese National Charged with Trying to Buy
Night Vision Technology for Export to China”

NEWARK

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=75369

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