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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[Cindy]

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

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7159626.stm

Last Updated: Monday, 24 December 2007, 19:48 GMT

“Kidnapped newsman free in Somalia”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A French journalist who was abducted by gunmen in Somalia’s breakaway state of Puntland more than a week ago has been freed, according to officials.

Gwen Le Gouil was kidnapped within 24 hours of his arrival in Bossasso to research a story on human trafficking.

The cameraman was in good health and no ransom had been paid for his release, police said.

Government officials and influential clan elders in the region had been negotiating Mr Le Gouil’s release.

Puntland government officials and elders said last week that the abductors had asked for a ransom of $70,000 (£35,000).”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=france
ttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=mauritania

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7159420.stm

Last Updated: Monday, 24 December 2007, 21:26 GMT
“Tourists shot dead in Mauritania”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Four members of the same French family have been shot dead while on holiday in Mauritania, police say.

At least two children were among the dead, the French embassy in Mauritania told the AFP news agency.

The four were killed during a robbery, the police chief of the nearby town of Aleg told AP news agency.

A fifth person - said to be the father of the family - was seriously injured in the attack, about 250km (160 miles) east of the capital, Nouakchott.

The wounded man was receiving treatment in hospital in Aleg but would be transferred immediately to Nouakchott, the French embassy official added.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said details of the incident were not yet clear.

“It’s still too early to say exactly what the reasons were for this attack which I can’t describe because we don’t know the motivation or even really how it occurred,” he said during a visit to a Paris hospital.

“As things stand, I can only confirm this sad news and offer my condolences.””

[Cindy]

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - Consular Information Sheet: “FRANCE and MONACO”
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1116.html

[Cindy]

Fyi Only.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943957/posts?page=3#3

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943957/posts

“Anger Over Plan to Broadcast Muslim Call to Prayer on Loudspeaker in Oxford”
Daily Mail ^ | 12-24-2007 | unknown
Posted on 12/24/2007 3:09:26 PM PST by wazoo1031

[Cindy]

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

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blog:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28395_Omar_Bakri_Rants_Again_Calls_for_Terror_Attack&only

“Omar Bakri Rants Again, Calls for Terror Attack”
Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 10:16:31 am PST

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http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/07/bakri210706EPA_228x380.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=504407&in_page_id=1770

“Hate cleric Omar Bakri calls for ‘ban’ on Christmas
‘Christmas Day would be ideal for terror attack’, he says”

Last updated at 13:07pm on 24th December 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas.

Using the internet to post a rant against the festive season, Bakri claims Christmas should be “completely forbidden”.

In another chilling post the radical cleric said Christmas Day would be the perfect day to launch a terror attack on the UK.”

[Cindy]

ADDING links to post no. 985:

Previously...

http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07120107.htm

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: “RADICAL SHEIKH SAYS CHRISTMAS DAY IS NOT OFF LIMITS FOR ATTACKS” by Jeremy Reynalds
(December 16, 2007)

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Previously...

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/29/video-talkin-jihad-with-omar-bakri-and-the-boys/

“Video: Talkin’ jihad with Omar Bakri and the boys”
posted at 9:58 am on March 29, 2007 by Allahpundit

(Note: Video (http://www.memritv.org ) included)

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http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1414wmv&ak=null

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Previously...

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

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blog:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=26332_Audio-_The_Real_Omar_Bakri_Mohammed&only

“Audio: The Real Omar Bakri Mohammed”
(July 21, 2007)

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blog:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/188774.php

July 21, 2007

“Public vs Private Face of Omar Bakri Mohammed: ‘Peace’ vs. ‘Hooray al Qaeda!’”

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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=omar+%2B+bakri

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=omar+%2B+bakri&num=10&so=1&start=0

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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bakri&search=

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=bakri&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0&search=Search&v=

[Oorang]

Philippines: Australia Warns Of Terror Attacks During The Holidays
24.DEC.07

Manila, Philippines - The Australian government warned that terrorists may attack during the celebration of Christmas and New Year in the Philippines. The Philippine National Police (PNP), however, said security agencies have no information of a specific threat.

"It is a caution, a warning, nothing specific, perhaps the Australians have information (which) we know they will share with us," said PNP Director General Avelino Razon, Jr. "We are verifying Australia's warning, but so far we have not detected any specific terror threat," Razon added.

As is customary during the holidays, the entire 125,000 men and women of the PNP are on "heightened alert." Australia's Embassy in Manila issued a travel advisory recently. It warned its citizens to "steer clear of places frequented by foreigners" and strongly advised against travel in the Mindanao region "where al-Qaeda-linked militants are active."

"Credible information indicates terrorists may be in the advanced stages of planning attacks. Attacks may be imminent and could occur at any time, anywhere in Mindanao," the advisory said.

Excerpted

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=97&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=17655&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1718&hn=pacificnewscenter&he=.com

Turkish Police Stop Would-Be Bomber in Istanbul
Monday, December 24, 2007

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish police thwarted a bomb attack in Istanbul on Monday, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city's governor said. The man was carrying more than 7 pounds of A-4 plastic explosives when he was arrested in the Sisli district, one of the most crowded areas of the city, Turkish news agencies reported.

Though Governor Muammer Guler said the man was surely preparing for a bomb attack but said police were not yet able to find out what his target had been. Guler said police launched a raid on an apartment believed to be used as a safe house and seized more explosives and various mechanisms that could set off a bomb. Another man at the apartment was arrested after a chase, Guler said, and was suspected of membership in an unspecified terrorist organization.

Militant Kurdish, leftist and Islamic groups have carried out bombings in big cities and in resort towns in the past. In May, a 28-year-old once convicted of membership in a militant leftist group blew himself up in Turkey's capital, killing six people and wounding dozens.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318188,00.html

[Oorang]

Bomb force in prevented terrorist act equivalent to 1 kg of TNT (Russia)
24.12.2007

Moscow – The force of the explosive device found in a car parked near a school in the settlement of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia, was equivalent to about one kilogram of TNT, sources from republican law enforcement agencies told Tass on Monday.

It consisted of about ten kilograms of a mixture of aluminium powder, ammonium nitrate and the detonator. All the ingredients were in a plastic bucket. The suspicious vehicle, VAZ-21010, was detected at about 10 pm, on Sunday, Moscow time. It had the marker lights on, and there was no driver inside. A powerful explosive device was found there. The bomb was defused. Police search for masterminds of the terrorist act.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12208059&PageNum=0

Bomb blast injures undetermined people in southern Philippines
Dec 24, 2007

Cotabato City, Philippines - A homemade bomb exploded in a commercial district in a southern Philippine city on Christmas Eve Monday, hurting an undetermined number of people, police said. The blast occurred just after lunch near a crowded plaza and a fast-food chain in the commercial district of Cotabato City, 960 kilometres south of Manila.

Superintendent Willie Dangane, city police chief, said investigators were still looking into the type of explosives used and possible suspects in the attack. The explosion occurred as police went on alert against terrorist attacks as the predominantly Catholic Philippines prepared for Christmas, a major holiday in the country.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1382951.php/Bomb_blast_injures_undetermined_people_in_southern_Philippines

[Cindy]

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

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Regarding Iran:

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=672.0
http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1296.0
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943980/posts

Iran plans to buy Russian helicopters, fighter engines
daily times ^ | 12/25/07 | daily times
Posted on 12/24/2007 5:59:41 PM PST by Flavius

MOSCOW: Moscow and Tehran are in negotiations for the sale of fighter jet engines and helicopters to Iran, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday, citing Russian arms industry officials.

Iran wants to buy RD-33 engines for a fleet of new Iranian fighter jets, as well as an upgraded version of the Ka-32 helicopter that Tehran wants to be assembled in Iran, Kommersant said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytimes.com.pk ...

[Cindy]

Bomber stopped in Turkey ping.

Ping to Oorang’s post no. 987:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933472/posts?page=987#987

[Cindy]

Ping to blast in Philippines post no. 988.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1933472/posts?page=988#988

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943977/posts

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/9/9216.jpg

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/124681

16 Tevet 5768, December 25, ‘07

Published: 12/24/07, 9:56 AM / Last Update: 12/24/07, 4:36 PM
“Ministers to Relax Criteria For Release of Terrorist Murderers”

by Hana Levi Julian

ARTILE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) Ministers met Monday morning to broaden the range of terrorists Israel may release in an effort to include arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti. To do so they are considering narrowing the definition of the term “blood on their hands,” to no longer include the one who gave the order.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Committee head and Kadima Knesset Member Tzachi HaNegbi told Arutz 7’s Israel National Radio flatly that he opposed relaxing the definition of what constitutes “blood on the hands” of terrorists. “I object to the release of murderers. A murderer is a murderer regardless of legal definitions. I hope there will be no relaxation of the term ‘murderer.’ Anyone who murdered Jews belongs under lock and key. There can be concession or flexibility in this matter.”

Likud Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, a member of the committee, also expressed outrage in an interview with Voice of Israel government radio after the meeting. “According to the government’s new formulae, a killer is no longer a killer and the terrorist Palestinian Authority is a peace partner,” he said.”

[Jet Jaguar]

Merry Christmas Cindy.

[Cindy]

A very blessed and quiet Christmas to you, Jet Jaguar.

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http://www.truthusa.com/CHRISTmas.html

[MamaDearest]

Wow, that is a stunning number. I wonder what is causing this.

It wouldn't be difficult for a repeat of what happened when the Rashneesh poisoned salad bars in The Dalles a few years back:

From Oregon Secretary of State Speech given in 2005

Oregon may be the only state to change its election laws because of a cult. We used to have election day voter registration here. Then the Baghwan Shree Rashneesh brought in thousands of cult followers, registered them to vote on the day of election, and took over the town of Antelope. The Baghwan then poisoned the salad bar. Only in Oregon. In most places you'd have to poison the beer, but in Oregon you go for the salad bar.

[MamaDearest]

Global incident map - illegal immigration

Snippets:

(1)"Hillsborough County authorities say several area businesses exploited a loophole that allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain valid vehicle registrations." "The businesses apparently instructed immigrants on how to obtain fake IDs and then submitted the documents to county officials, who issued registrations. The sheriff says there is no way to know how many people obtained fraudulent documents."

(2)"Three illegal immigrants arrested Dec. 5 after a manhunt involving Cochise County deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents were indicted Thursday in connection to multiple home invasions.

Between the three Mexican nationals, they are charged with more than 40 counts, including kidnapping, first-degree armed burglary and theft, Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer said Friday.

The men were served with the indictment on Friday.

After their arrest, bond was inappropriately set at $15,000 apiece in Justice of the Peace District 4 Court, Rheinheimer said.

When county prosecutors read of the men's bonds on Dec. 8, a call was placed to the court to get the mistake corrected, Rheinheimer said.

[Cindy]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/mosque.siege/index.html

updated 3:56 p.m. EST, Mon December 24, 2007

“Mosque besieged in Kashmir”
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN)

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019314.php
(NEW ZEALAND HERALD)

December 25, 2007
“Folsom Prison Jihad”

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Previously...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019151.php
(AP)

December 14, 2007

“”This incident is the first in a series of incidents to come in a plight to defend and propagate traditional Islam in its purity””

[Cindy]

ADDING 1 link to post no. 998:

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1404.0

[texpat72]

Merry Christmas to all TMers, our troops and their families!