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Threat Matrix: July 2008
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Posted on 07/02/2008 7:02:59 PM PDT by nwctwx

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Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet

Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday.

Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology.

Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More


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“Name your ism: Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Obamaism, etc”
July 26, 2008 | Jim Robinson
Posted on July 26, 2008 3:29:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson


921 posted on 07/26/2008 3:33:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Calpernia; TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; Jim Robinson; John Robinson; JellyJam; backhoe; ...

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Thanks to Calpernia for the ping to this thread.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051723/posts

Uighur group claims China bus attacks, threatens Olympics(Turkestan Islamic Party)
AFP ^ | 07/26/08
Posted on July 26, 2008 9:06:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Uighur group claims China bus attacks, threatens Olympics

Sat Jul 26, 3:14 AM ET

A Uighur separatist group has taken credit for a deadly bus bombing in Shanghai in May and warned of new attacks in China during the Olympics, a group monitoring threats by extremists on the Internet said.

In a video statement, Commander Seyfullah of the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed credit for several attacks, including the May 5 Shanghai bus bombing which killed three; another Shanghai attack; an attack on police in Wenzhou on July 17 using an explosive-laden tractor; a bombing of a Guangzhou plastic factory on July 17; and bombings of three buses in Yunnan province on July 21.

Three people were killed as a result of the explosion on the crowded bus in Shanghai on May 5, police and witnesses said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


922 posted on 07/26/2008 9:06:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1995304/posts?page=510#510


923 posted on 07/26/2008 9:08:27 PM PDT by Cindy
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www.memriiwmp.org/content/en/more_islamist_web_status.htm?param=IStatus

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PROPAGANDA On The Internet:

www.ek-ls.org/forum/
www.sharez.biz/files/u9dnan7ptifitfqrup9n.gif


924 posted on 07/26/2008 11:09:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP:

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


925 posted on 07/26/2008 11:09:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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OFF TOPIC, but interesting.

Note: Photos included.

http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/magazine/2008/459/1215789847.html

“El hijo pacifista de Bin Laden quiere vivir en París”

SNIPPET: “Adora las tiendas y los coches de lujo. Jura que no es un fundamentalista, aunque se entrenó junto a su padre en un campo terrorista de Al Qaeda en Afganistán. Omar Bin Laden es hijo del hombre más buscado del planeta. El año pasado se casó con una británica 25 años mayor que él. Tras el 11 de septiembre de 2001 tiene un nuevo trabajo: embajador de la paz. «Sí, mi padre está vivo», asegura.”

por OLIVIER O’MAHONY
fotografía de KASYA WANDYCZ

(July 13, 2008)


926 posted on 07/26/2008 11:16:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Bin_Laden&language=english

“Wanted
Usama bin Ladin
Up to $25 Million Reward”


927 posted on 07/26/2008 11:18:32 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2008/07/15/info/1216114713_039851.html

“Condenas de hasta diez años para los miembros de Ansar el Islam”

EFE Actualizado 15-07-2008 11:38 CET
Berlín.-

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Ata R. de 34 años, el cabecilla de la red Ansar el Islam en Alemania, fue condenado a diez años de cárcel.

La presidenta de la sala subrayó durante la lectura de la sentencia que Ata R., estaba “en contacto regular y estrecho con los principales cuadros de la organización”.

Su cómplice Mazen H., de 27 años, cumplirá una condena de siete años y medio, y el responsable de planificar el atentado, Rafik Y., de 33 años de edad, una de ocho años.”


928 posted on 07/26/2008 11:31:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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“Islamic Terror Breeds in Iran”
American Thinker ^ | July 27, 2008 | Amil Imani
Posted on July 27, 2008 12:01:08 AM PDT by neverdem


929 posted on 07/27/2008 12:09:03 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.dea.gov
http://wwww.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=411
http://wwww.washingtoninstitute.org/audio/audio_popup.php?id=411&table=tblEvents

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blog:

http://terrorwonk.blogspot.com/2008/07/dea-as-counter-terror-agency.html

FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2008
“DEA as Counter-Terror Agency”
by Aaron Mannes


930 posted on 07/27/2008 12:38:08 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hamas
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3573486,00.html

“IDF kills terror mastermind in Hebron”

SNIPPET: “Forces encircle house in search of wanted Hamas member. Blasts heard in building during exchanges of fire as result of explosive devices kept inside. Body of man who planned Dimona terror attack removed from rubble. Hamas: Our response will be painful”

Efrat Weiss
Latest Update: 07.27.08, 11:21 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “IDF and police forces have killed senior Hamas member Shihab Natsheh, who was behind a terror attack in Dimona last February which left one woman killed.”


931 posted on 07/27/2008 2:17:39 AM PDT by Cindy
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Babel fish humor translation

the ringleader of the network Goose the Islam in Germany, was condemned ten years of jail.

At least they will be restricted to goosing in jail LOL

932 posted on 07/27/2008 5:52:34 AM PDT by Godzilla (The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.)
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Re post no. 928...

Totally laughing...thanks Godzilla.

Here’s 1 paragraph translation for post no. 928:

QUOTE:

El tribunal consideró probado que los tres hombres eran miembros de una organización terrorista y que tenían
previsto matar a Alaui, en un ataque abortado por la policía.

The court found evidence that the three men were members of a terrorist organisation and that they had
planned to kill Allawi, in an attack aborted by the police.


933 posted on 07/27/2008 8:51:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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Church shooting in Tennessee...details and updates here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052094/posts


934 posted on 07/27/2008 9:04:51 AM PDT by Cindy
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Fyi Only.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601704.html

CAPITOL REFLECTING POOL
“Avian Botulism Killed 24 Ducks, Park Service Says”
By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 27, 2008; Page C05

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The mysterious deaths of 24 ducks and ducklings found floating in the Capitol Reflecting Pool yesterday has been traced to avian botulism, a disease caused by bacteria in hot water that is not contagious to humans, a spokesman for the National Park Service said.”


935 posted on 07/27/2008 1:56:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052081/posts?page=24#24

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Radical Islam Gains Ground In Campuses
The Observer ^ | July 27, 2008 | Jamie Doward
Posted on July 27, 2008 7:43:59 AM PDT by Fennie

Almost third of Muslim students on Britain’s campuses believe killing in the name of religion can be justified, according to a controversial survey described as the most comprehensive of its kind.

The poll, conducted for Islam on Campus, a new report from the Centre for Social Cohesion think-tank, also found that 40 percent of those interviewed supported the introduction of sharia law for British Muslims...

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


936 posted on 07/27/2008 1:58:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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Iraq’s Christians form new militias to combat Islamic extremists
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 27 Jul 2008 | Damien McElroy
Posted on July 27, 2008 2:30:17 PM PDT by forkinsocket

Iraq’s Christians have taken up arms and formed new militias in a desperate effort to defend their beleaguered communities from an onslaught by Islamic extremists.

In the five years since the Anglo-American invasion of 2003, murders and abductions have driven about half of the 800,000 Christians who once lived in Iraq to flee the country.

Checkpoints manned by civilians armed with heavy machine guns and assault rifles have received official backing in Christian villages on the Ninevah plain in northern Iraq, where their presence dates back to the missions of St Thomas the apostle.

Father Yusuf Yohannes combines the duties of parish priest with overseeing security from a converted post office in the village of Karamlis, 10 miles east of the local capital, Mosul. Informal patrols by his parishioners started last year but the effort is now a fully-fledged operation, with 250 employees and official approval from the US army base in Mosul.

“We are facing the threat of wipe-out,” he said. “I have not left this town in three years because of the danger. The situation here was like a bowl without a base for Christians, we were just tossed around. By establishing our own security we have the chance to stand steady again.”

Radios supplied by the US-led coalition keeps the command post in touch with guards in Karamlis and three hamlets nearby. A heavy machine gun protrudes from the guardpost on St Barbara Street, pointing towards a road shared with Sunni Muslim neighbours. The gun’s purpose, said Saleem Yusuf, the checkpoint commander, is to deter would-be car bombers. “We have not used it in anger yet. Thank God,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


937 posted on 07/27/2008 2:43:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50605

“General Details Security Improvements in Iraq’s Northern Provinces”

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2008


938 posted on 07/27/2008 4:11:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50606

Coalition, Iraqi Troops Keep Pressure on Terrorists

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces continue to push terrorists and criminals in operations throughout Iraq.

In a major success, coalition forces captured two suspected Special Groups leaders in Baghdad today. These key leaders were taken in the Rusafa district of Baghdad.

Coalition and Iraqi forces continued operations over the weekend discovering a number of arms caches, capturing al-Qaida terrorists, discovering roadside bombs and attacking terror and criminal networks.

In Rusafa, coalition forces used intelligence information, to locate and capture an Iranian-trained senior leader of Special Groups criminals. The agent of Iran is responsible for attacks against Iraqi security and coalition forces as well as kidnappings and smuggling of weapons from Iran to Iraq. He was captured without incident.

Coalition forces also captured another Special Groups criminal in a separate Rusafa district operation. He is a senior leader responsible for supplying weapons, money and logistical support to subordinate Special Groups commanders. He also provides fighters as reinforcements to areas in need – making his role crucial for sustained operations by Special Groups in the area. He, also, was captured without incident.

The Special Groups took another hit when Iraqi special operations forces detained two other criminals in Baghdad, July 24 and 25.

One of those detained was associated with improvised rocket-assisted mortar attacks. The other man is reportedly responsible for weapons trafficking from Iran into Diyala.

Coalition and Iraqi forces also hit al-Qaida in Iraq July 26, detaining five wanted men and 15 additional suspected terrorists in central and northern Iraq.

In a precision operation in Baghdad, coalition forces captured a wanted man who is reportedly part of a group that builds trigger components for bombs used in al-Qaida attacks. Another Baghdadi allegedly tied to terrorist bombing and propaganda operations was captured, along with four additional suspects.

South of Baghdad, coalition forces detained a dozen suspects, including a wanted man, during continued operations. The wanted man is believed to be an al-Qaida leader responsible for providing security for terrorist operations.

Coalition forces also continued to target terror leaders in Mosul, capturing a wanted man believed to work directly for al-Qaida leaders in the city. He also reportedly has knowledge of terrorist hideouts across northern Iraq.

Southwest of Tikrit, coalition forces captured a man who allegedly helps move foreign terrorists through the Tigris River Valley. The man is also suspected of conspiring with a bombing network that operates in Bayji.

A concerned citizen reported a roadside bomb Iraqi Police in the Karadah district of eastern Baghdad July 25, providing an example of average Iraqis feeling safer.

Acting on another citizen tip, National Police and Multinational Division–Baghdad soldiers seized a weapons cache in the New Baghdad security district of eastern Baghdad July 25.

They uncovered a cache during a combined search operation in the Kamaliyah area. The cache consisted of 2,000 AK-47 ammunition rounds; 1,000 machine gun rounds; one rocket nose cone and one mortar round of undetermined size.

Iraqi police also discovered three improvised explosive devices during combat patrols in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad July 25.

Also in Baghdad Iraqi and U.S. soldiers discovered weapons caches as they continued operations to increase security July 25.

Iraqi National Police and Multinational Division–Baghdad soldiers seized a massive weapons cache in the Kadhamiyah district of Baghdad July 24.

The cache consisted of 71 blocks of Iranian C-4 explosives; 16 60mm high-explosive Iranian mortars; 11 explosively formed projectiles; an improvised claymore mine; 42 mortar rounds; 31 85mm rockets; eight grenades; two 73mm rockets; 11 40mm high explosive projectiles; four 75mm fragmentary rockets; four rocket propelled grenade launchers; 22 rocket propellant charges; approximately 40 pounds of explosives; approximately 5,000 feet of command wire; mortars; and other items.

In other operations on July 24 and 25, coalition forces disrupted suspected al-Qaeda terrorist leadership and bombing networks during operations in central and northern Iraq Thursday and Friday, detaining 21 suspected terrorists.

Two wanted men in Mosul are in Coalition custody after operations Friday. Coalition forces captured an alleged leader who reportedly coordinates suicide bombing attacks and foreign terrorist movement in northern Iraq. He was captured with one additional suspect. A separate precision operation netted a man wanted for his suspected ties to senior leaders of the al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization.

About 90 kilometers south, in Sharqat, coalition forces conducted a precision operation July 25, capturing a suspected leader in the area’s al-Qaeda network. The man allegedly spies on Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to facilitate his cell’s attacks against them.

A series of raids Thursday and Friday targeted an AQI leader with suspected longstanding ties to bombings and attacks south of Baghdad. Coalition forces detained 17 suspects in the operations.


939 posted on 07/27/2008 4:16:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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BLOG:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/iraq_us_target_irani.php

“Iraq, US target Iranian networks”
By BILL ROGGIO
July 26, 2008 9:20 PM


940 posted on 07/27/2008 4:18:43 PM PDT by Cindy
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