Threat Matrix: August 2008

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[Cindy]

Note: Photos included.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399962,00.html

“U.S. Calls for Russia to Halt Attacks as Fighting in Breakaway Georgia Province Escalates”
Friday, August 08, 2008

[Cindy]

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

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http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/bilateral/countries/iran/index_en.htm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7549879.stm

“EU expands Iran nuclear sanctions”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The European Union has approved new sanctions against Iran in protest at its nuclear programme.

The measures target loans to companies trading with Iran and allow for tougher cargo inspections.”

[Cindy]

http://www.memritv.org/subject/en/382.htm

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BLOG:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/9058.htm
(”Source: IRNA, Iran, August 8, 2008”)

“Friday Sermon: Iranians Won’t Give Up Nuclear Energy”

Posted at: 2008-08-08

[Cindy]

PROPAGANDA On The Internet

tibyan.wordpress.com/

www.youtube.com/user/daarAtTibyan

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iaea

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Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058944/posts

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Diplomats: Syria has blocked new visit by IAEA
Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug 9, 2008
Posted on August 9, 2008 1:18:44 AM PDT by rdl6989

Diplomats say Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts investigating allegations that Damascus has a secret nuclear program.

The diplomats say the request for a follow-up visit to one in June was rejected late last month.

They also tell The Associated Press that Washington is lobbying IAEA board members to oppose a Syrian push for a seat on the 35-nation board. The board normally makes decisions by consensus and a seat held by Damascus could thus hamper any investigation into its alleged nuclear activities.

Lack of IAEA access could cripple chances of establishing whether Damascus hid a North-Korean built nuclear program, including a nearly completed plutonium-producing reactor bombed last year by Israel.

[Cindy]

I’ll be updating this thread.

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2058946/posts

China Olympics - An American tourist killed by a Chinese assailant in Beijing
AFP via translation | August 9, 2008
Posted on August 9, 2008 1:25:31 AM PDT by HAL9000

via translation-

ALERT - An American tourist killed by a Chinese in Beijing

BEIJING - An American tourist was killed Saturday in Beijing by Chinese who then committed suicide in the aftermath of the early Olympic Games, announced the China New Agency.

[Cindy]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/olympics.murder/

updated 3 minutes ago
“American killed in Olympics attack”

BEIJING, China (CNN) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The attacker, identified as a 47-year-old man from the eastern Chinese city Hangzhou, jumped to his death from the second level of the Drum Tower, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua.”

[Cindy]

PROPAGANDA On The Internet - Recap:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDfgxM0SjY

[Cindy]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/07/europe/russia.php

“2 killed in Russian resort blast”
By Michael Schwirtz Published: August 7, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “MOSCOW: An explosion killed at least two people Thursday on a beach close to the resort town of Sochi, where Russia will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the local police said.

The police said that “an unidentified explosive device” detonated in the village of Loo, 24 kilometers, or 15 miles, from Sochi, in a region on the Black Sea popular for its palm-lined beaches and snowy mountains.”

[Cindy]

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers29/paper2801.html

Paper no. 2801
09-Aug.-2008
“Some Thoughts on the Messy & Dangerous Situation in Pakistan”
By B. Raman

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2058946/posts?page=19#19

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UPDATE:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/newscenter/news/newsid=186690.html#american+tied+u+s+team+killed+beijing

“American tied to U.S. team killed in Beijing”
By NBCOlympics.com and wire reports
Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008 4:22 AM ET

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BEIJING (AP) - Authorities say a Chinese man attacked two Americans — family members of a coach for the United States Olympic Men’s Indoor Volleyball Team — on the opening day of competition at the Games, killing one of them before committing suicide.

The Beijing Municipal Government says the attack happened in downtown Beijing at noon on Saturday. Officials issued a statement saying the 47-year-old attacker, Tang Yongming, also injured an American woman and her Chinese tourist guide.”

[Cindy]

RECAP:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006366.html
07 August 2008
“Of Turkistanis and their videos”

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022135.php
(COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG)

August 8, 2008
“The Chinese/Uighur conflict about jihad, not ‘ethnicity’”

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/china_discovers_al_qaeda_in_it.php

“China discovers al Qaeda in its backyard”
By Walid Phares
(August 7, 2008)

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Note: Video included.

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022125.php
(AP)

August 7, 2008
“Jihad group threatens Chinese Olympics”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058966/posts

stepping back in time...

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6545

“August 9, 1945
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki”

SNIPPET: “On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.”

[Cindy]

Fyi Only.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400763,00.html
(AP)

“Hackers Gather in Vegas to Share Tips on Attacking Networked World”
Friday, August 08, 2008

[Cindy]

US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov

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BLOG:

http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/08/email-hacking-going-commercial-part-two.html

FRIDAY, AUGUST 08, 2008
“Email Hacking Going Commercial - Part Two”
Posted by Dancho Danchev

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Previously...

http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/07/email-hacking-going-commercial.html

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008
“Email Hacking Going Commercial”
Posted by Dancho Danchev

[drymans wife]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400786,00.html

Relatives of U.S. Men’s Volleyball Coach Stabbed in Beijing, 1 Dead

Saturday, August 09, 2008

BEIJING — A knife-wielding Chinese man attacked two relatives of a coach for the U.S. Olympic men’s volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing one and injuring the other on the first day of the Olympics on Saturday, team officials and state media said.

The man then committed suicide by throwing himself from the second story of the site, the 13th century Drum Tower just five miles from the main Olympics site.

The brutal attack shortly after midday was all the more shocking because of the rarity of violent crime against foreigners in tightly controlled China, which has ramped up security measures even more for the Olympics.

The stabbing came only hours after what by many accounts was the most spectacular opening ceremony in Olympic history and it has already dampened some of the enthusiasm.

“They are deeply saddened and shocked,” Darryl Seibel, a spokesman for the U.S. Olympic Committee, said of the volleyball team.

The U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement that two family members of a coach for the men’s indoor volleyball team were stabbed at the Drum Tower “during an attack by what local law enforcement authorities have indicated was a lone assailant.”

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[Cindy]

Thank you Dryman’s wife.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055031/posts?page=272#272

[Cindy]

Note: A number of videos here.

Thanks to a special freepmailer for pointing to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058912/posts

“TransCaucusus Georgia/Russia War-4AM Moscow-Time Russia Today Video Update”
YouTube ^ | 08-09-08 | RussiaToday/YouTube
Posted on August 8, 2008 9:29:55 PM PDT by tcrlaf

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/08/20080809-2.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 9, 2008

President Bush Concerned by Escalation of Violence in Georgia
Westin Beijing Chaoyang
Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Video (Windows)
Presidential Remarks
Audio
Photos
7:20 P.M. (Local)

THE PRESIDENT: I’m deeply concerned about the situation in Georgia. The United States takes this matter very seriously.

The attacks are occurring in regions of Georgia far from the zone of conflict in South Ossetia. They mark a dangerous escalation in the crisis. The violence is endangering regional peace. Civilian lives have been lost, and others are endangered.

This situation can be resolved peacefully. We’ve been in contact with leaders in both Georgia and Russia at all levels of government. Georgia is a sovereign nation and its territorial integrity must be respected. We have urged an immediate halt to the violence and a stand-down by all troops. We call for an end to the Russian bombings, and a return by the parties to the status quo of August the 6th.

The United States is working with our European partners to launch international mediation, and with the parties to restart their dialogue. Russia needs to support these efforts so that peace can be restored as quickly as possible.

Laura and I were also saddened by the attack on an American family and their Chinese tour guide today in Beijing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. And the United States government has offered to provide any assistance the family needs.

Thank you very much.

END 7:22 P.M. (Local)