Threat Matrix: December 2007

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Calculating the Risks in Pakistan

A small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart.

The secret exercise — conducted without official sponsorship from any government agency, apparently due to the sensitivity of its subject — was one of several such games the U.S. government has conducted in recent years examining various options and scenarios for Pakistan's nuclear weapons: How many troops might be required for a military intervention in Pakistan? Could Pakistani nuclear bunkers be isolated by saturating the surrounding areas with tens of thousands of high-powered mines, dropped from the air and packed with anti-tank and anti-personnel munitions? Or might such a move only worsen the security of Pakistan's arsenal?
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[Velveeta]

MSNBC reporting one dead in the mall of self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Also reporting up to 2 dressed in camo arrested at a bus stop near by.

Early reports can often be wrong, but it sure sounds like there was more than one shooter.

[Cindy]

Previously...

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Grenade Found At Westroads
KETV.com, NE - Dec 1, 2007
The Omaha Police Bomb Squad Unit was called and removed the intact grenade safely from the area. A source told KETV NewsWatch 7 the grenade was lying on the ...
Police Remove Grenade from Westroads Parking Lot
Action 3 News, NE - Dec 1, 2007
It was still intact - meaning the pin had not been removed. Police say no one was around when they found the grenade. The bomb squad safely removed it from ...
Grenade Found in Mall Parking Lot
WOWT, NE - Dec 1, 2007
The Omaha Police Department’s Bomb Squad removed what authorities describe as a grenade from a parking lot at Westroads Mall Friday night. ...

[Cindy]

ADDING TO POST NO. 203:

Quote - Snippet:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1933472/posts?page=64#64

Grenade Found In Mall Parking Lot (Nebraska)
12/1/07

The Omaha Police Department’s Bomb Squad removed what authorities describe as a grenade from a parking lot at Westroads Mall Friday night. Police say they responded to a call at 10:34 p.m. regarding an explosive that had been found there.

Mall security directed officers to the device and the Bomb Squad was called in to remove it. The circumstances of the case are under investigation.

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/11995001.html

64 posted on 12/02/2007 12:14:45 PM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)

[Cindy]

Thanks for that update, Velveeta.

[RDTF]

ok Cindy this is creepy. I don’t believe in coincidences. And I didn’t even realize it, but President Bush was in Omaha TODAY.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071205.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 5, 2007

President Bush Visits Omaha, Nebraska
Eppley Airfield
Omaha, Nebraska

White House News
9:01 A.M. CST

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I’m pleased to be back in Nebraska. I do want to say a couple words about Iran before I talk about my friend, Mike Johanns.

On the way out here I spoke with my team, who gave me a report on conversations that the Secretary of State and our National Security Advisor have had over the last couple of days with their counterparts in the United Kingdom, in Germany and France and Russia. These countries understand that the Iranian nuclear issue is a problem, and continues to be a problem that must be addressed by the international community. A number of them have said so publicly, and I appreciate their comments.

I appreciate the work of our intelligence community in helping us better understand Iran’s past and present nuclear activities. Their information is critical in increasing our understanding and helping us develop a sound policy.

It is clear from the latest NIE that the Iranian government has more to explain about its nuclear intentions and past actions, especially the covert nuclear weapons program pursued until the fall of 2003, which the Iranian regime has yet to acknowledge. The Iranians have a strategic choice to make. They can come clean with the international community about the scope of their nuclear activities and fully accept the longstanding offer to suspend their enrichment program and come to the table and negotiate, or they can continue on a path of isolation that is not in the best interest of the Iranian people. The choice is up to the Iranian regime.

I’m here also to talk about my friend, Mike Johanns. I have gotten to know him well, and there’s no doubt in my mind he’ll make a great United States senator from the state of Nebraska. (Applause.) He’s an honorable, decent man, and he’s a humble man. When given a task he’d get the job done.

People of Nebraska have gotten to know Mike as a result of his leadership when he was the governor. I got to know Mike as the result of his being a fine leader at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mike understands farming and he understands ranching. He understands the issues that the people who work the soil will face. If I were someone living in Nebraska who cared about the agricultural industry I’d want somebody who knew what he was talking about being my senator. And Mike Johanns knows what he’s talking about when it comes to agricultural matters.

He also understands what he’s talking about when it comes to national security matters. He sat in the Cabinet Room with me and other members of my Cabinet, discussing how best to secure the United States of America from the threats of the world in which we live. It is important for the people of Nebraska to have a senator who understands the realities of the world and is willing to support the government in its efforts to protect the American people.

Mike Johanns is a man of values. He understands Nebraskan values. He can articulate Nebraskan values, but more importantly, he lives Nebraskan values.

And so I’ve come to say to the people of this good state, I know you’re going to make up your own mind for what’s right, but if I was a voter in this state, I’d sure pull that lever for Mike Johanns for the United States senator. (Laughter.) And if my wife was a voter for this state — (laughter) — she’d try to pull it twice. (Laughter.)

So I’m proud to be here with Mike and Stephanie. Thank you, sir. Good luck and God bless you. Thank you very much. (Applause.)

END 9:06 A.M. CST

[Cindy]

It is interesting.

[RDTF]

looks like Drudge and others are onto the connection with the grenade

[RDTF]

Geez 9 dead now

Fox - more than one shooter? shooter is dead
there is other guy in camo arrested

[Cindy]

Thanks for that update RDTF.

#

http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q=westroads+%2B+mall&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n

#

http://www.foxnews.com

Banner Only:

“Breaking News >> Gunman Kills 9 in Omaha Mall; Police Say Suspect Also Dead”

[Cindy]

Good.
Thanks to Oorang at TM for posting the grenade article.

[HipShot]

Firearms are one thing, but grenades? That’s going to require some fast spin control.

It’ll be interesting to watch the evolution of this story.

Prayers for the victims and their families.

[Cindy]

I understand and I agree.

Prayers for the families and the victims who are alive and/or in surgery.

[Oorang]

Only a few days after the grenade was found at the same mall. Thanks Cindy.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome Oorang.

[drymans wife]

They are saying the gunman shot himself in the mall I guess he was dressed in Camo. Eyewitness are also reporting the police arresting a man under a bench by the mall, also dressed in camo. Two shooters it sounds like

[Cindy]

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

#

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=ArticleA_C&cid=1196785964005&pagename=Zone-Arabic-News/NWALayout

#

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019040.php

December 5, 2007
“IslamOnline: Coalition organizing against CAIR to defend Savage”

[Cindy]

Previously...

http://sfir-arabicsource.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_10.html

#

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006265.html

11 November 2007
“Jihadis notice Michael Savage”

[Oorang]

Suspicious Device Found At UCSD Campus (CA)
UPDATED: 1:48 pm PST December 5, 2007

SAN DIEGO -- The discovery of a suspicious-looking object in a medical school building at the University of California, San Diego campus prompted the evacuation of several hundred students and faculty members Wednesday while a bomb squad investigated. The discovery at the La Jolla university campus was reported in the late morning, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Police cleared everyone out of eight buildings and called in an arson/explosives team to determine if the object might be anything hazardous, SDFRD spokesman Maurice Luque said. Authorities also shut down a stretch of Gilman Drive, part of which extends onto the campus from the neighborhood to the south. As of the 1 p.m. Wednesday, it was still unclear if the object was hazardous.

http://www.10news.com/news/14783140/detail.html