Threat Matrix: September 2008

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[Cindy]

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2082433/posts

Sharia Courts Quickly Spread Throughout the UK
Islam in Action ^ | Sept. 14Th, 2008 | Christopher Logan
Posted on September 14, 2008 8:46:21 PM PDT by Islaminaction

Just four days ago, I reported that the UK had opened its first official Sharia Court . Not it has come out that there are already five of these courts with at least two more to come. These courts have been sanctioned by the government, with the UK police actually working with the Sharia courts on cases of domestic violence. I have plenty of friends from the UK, but I have to be honest. The UK govt is absolutely clueless as to what they are doing (to be fair I do not care for my govt either) and this will now encourage more Muslims to push for Sharia across the world.

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[MamaDearest]

Islamic sharia courts in Britain are now legally binding

Islamic sharia law courts in Britain are exploiting a little-known legal clause to make their verdicts officially binding under UK law in cases including divorce, financial disputes and even domestic violence.

Don't cite Quran in terror mails

Snippets: The influential Islamic seminary, Darul-uloom, on Sunday said it did not agree with the concept of jehad as espoused by the Indian Mujahideen and objected to the use of Quranic extracts in chest-thumping terror mails sent by the outfit. "If what you say is true, the verses quoted were Allah's responses to address questions arising out of specific contexts posed by the Prophet, who was being hounded by enemies at that time. Even his right to pray was being taken away. No such condition exists today," Darul's vice-rector Abdul Khaleque Madrasi told HT in an exclusive interview.

In Saturday's mail, the outfit had quoted Quran's verse no. 47, that commands "believers" to "slice their (enemies') necks; and, when you have overcome them and #8230;and bind fast the fetters".

Australian Muslim cleric, five others convicted on terror charges

A firebrand Muslim cleric was Monday found guilty of leading a terrorist group after Australia's largest terror trial in which 12 men were accused of plotting attacks on the country.

A jury found cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika guilty on all counts, including being a leader and a member of a Melbourne terror cell. It also found five other men guilty of being members of the group, a court heard.

[Cindy]

beheading, slicing their necks....gosh...globaljihad...24/7.

Thanks Mama Dearest for all these articles and duly noted.

[Cindy]

http://jihadwatch.org/archives/019777.php

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022691.php
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September 15, 2008

“Former bin Laden bodyguard to establish ‘jihad think-tank’ in Yemen”

[Cindy]

Thanks to piasa for the ping to this post and thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2082406/posts?page=13#13

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2082406/posts

“Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink”
Washington Post ^ | September 14, 2008 | Barton Gellman
Posted on September 14, 2008 7:49:44 PM PDT by An American!

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Thanks to piasa for the ping to this post and thread:

stepping back in time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545867/posts?page=20#20

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545867/posts

“A Junior Aide Had a Big Role in Terror Policy”
NY Times ^ | 12/23/05 | Tim Golden
Posted on December 22, 2005 9:59:18 PM PST by hipaatwo

[Cindy]

Alright...I guess this is natural transition...WaPo, NYT and now Mickey Mouse and the global jihad.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/pmwvideos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5fYkByU0k

“Fatah Minnie & Mickey Mouse”

VIDEO DESCRIPTION - QUOTE:

Added: September 09, 2008
(less info)

PA TV (Fatah) quiz:
Glorifying mass murderer as Minnie & Mickey Mouse look on
PATV (Fatah) Sept. 4-6, 2008

Category: Film & Animation

Tags: Fatah Minnie Mickey Mouse Glorifying mass murderer PATV Dalal Mughrabi

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http://www.pmw.org.il/Bulletins_sept2008.html#b090908

“Mickey Mouse Again”

“Disney images adorn studio
while mass murderer glorified”

By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, Sept. 9, 2008

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http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9824.htm

“New From MEMRI TV:Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid: Mickey Mouse Must Die!”
(Posted September 14, 2008)

Video Clip and Transcript here:

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/517/1850.htm

[Cindy]

I NEED A REAL MICKEY MOUSE BREAK HERE...How about you Mouseketeers?

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stepping back in time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSgo5exM264

“The Mickey Mouse Club” [Opening]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wPAxNEvLxk

“Original Color Titles fom ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fen9F6ksWck

“The Mickey Mouse Club Ending”

[Cindy]

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/directors-remarks-at-open-source-conference.html

“Director’s Remarks at the DNI Open Source Conference 2008
Remarks by Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden
at the DNI Open Source Conference 2008”

(as prepared for delivery)

September 12, 2008

[Cindy]

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-opa-814.html

“Transcript of Background Briefing with Department of Justice Officials on Consolidated Attorney General Guidelines”

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Friday, September 12, 2008
2:00 P.M. EDT

(September 13, 2008)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/democrats
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/democrat

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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35551

“New Intelligence Guidelines Encourage Racial Profiling, Dems Say”
Friday, September 12, 2008
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The proposed guidelines, which do not require congressional approval and have not been made public, inspired a letter signed by four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee: Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: ““I think the issue of trust and mistrust is even more pronounced by the timing of these guidelines,” Joseph Zogby, Durbin’s chief counsel said. “The timing has raised some questions for members of the committee. Why Oct. 1? Why is this date so important? We really didn’t get a persuasive answer as to why it had to be now, rather than a new administration.””

[Cindy]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=61BB1920-1530-477C-B1A2-6C9272F0E6B1

“The ‘Blessed’ Terrorist Martyrs”
By Joseph Klein
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, September 15, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “For years, the Islamic fanatics and their allies have blocked any attempt by the United Nations General Assembly to even define the word “terrorism”. In the words of Lebanese Islamist sheikh Omar Bakri, “there are two types of terrorism: Blessed and deplorable, the violence the mujahideen use for defense and retaliation is meant to protect lives and defend honor. Their terrorism is blessed.” (MEMRI, September 12, 2008)

In the pathological parallel universe that Islamic terrorists and their sympathizers occupy, any murders of innocent civilians which Islamic terrorists commit - 9/11 included - are part of a just war of liberation to defend Allah against Zionist and American imperialism. Any actions by Israel and the West to repel, go after and kill these murderers are condemned by the Islamic fanatics as state terrorism. And they simply do not say whether the many instances of Muslim-on-Muslim killings - the genocide of black Muslims by Arab Muslims in Sudan or the Shiite-Sunni massacres, for example - constitute ‘blessed’ or ‘deplorable’ terrorism.”

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=90399

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Bolivia Unrest
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Bolivia
14 Sep 2008

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08090096.htm

Sunday, September 14, 2008

“Serial Attacks by Hindu Radicals on 12 Churches in Karnataka, India”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA

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

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08090097.htm

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Iranian Parliament Votes in Favor of Punishing Apostasy with Death

By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
SURREY, ENGLAND (ANS) — The Iranian Parliament voted last week for a bill mandating the death penalty for apostasy.

The bill was approved by 196 votes for, seven against, and two abstentions.

According to a news release from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), news of the approval was withdrawn from the Iranian Parliament’s website just hours after it was published.

However, CSW reported, it was published by official Iranian news agencies, including the IRINN (Islamic Republic of Iran News Network) and morning papers inside Iran such as Resalat. The news was also seen on Radio Farda’s website.

CSW said the progress of this bill through the Iranian Parliament is a cause of grave concern for increasing numbers of Iranians who have left Islam for another religion, and a significant backwards step for human rights in Iran.

The draft bill will add a number of crimes to the list of those resulting in execution, among them, “establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy.”

CSW said that recently, two Christians from Muslim backgrounds, 53-year-old Mahmoud Mohammad Matin-Azad and 40-year-old Arash Ahmad-Ali Basirat, were charged with apostasy at the Public and Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, Iran and are awaiting the court’s verdict. The men have been in prison since May 15 2008.

CSW said the organization is very concerned that Matin-Azad and Basirat may face capital punishment if the proposed legislation on apostasy passes unchallenged through the final parliamentary processes and is enacted into law.

CSW is calling for their immediate release, and for the charges against them to be dropped in accordance with internationally-recognized human rights law.

The approved bill will be sent back to the Legislative Commission to debate proposed amendments before it is brought before parliament for a further vote.

Alexa Papadouris, Advocacy Director at CSW, said in a news release, “It is deeply worrying to hear that just days after Matin-Azad and Basirat have been charged with apostasy at a court in Shiraz, the Iranian Parliament is debating a bill that could codify the death penalty for someone choosing their own religion. We call upon the British Government and the European Union to officially respond to this new development and urge the Iranian Government to reject the bill and guarantee the immediate release of all who are detained on the basis of their religious beliefs alone.”

For more information about Christian Solidarity worldwide, go to www.csw.org.uk

[Cindy]

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

“Worldwide Caution”
July 16, 2008

SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world.”

[Cindy]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3596909,00.html

“Counter Terrorism Bureau warns: Israelis must leave Sinai immediatel”

SNIPPET: “Prime Minister’s Office, CTB issue travel advisory indicating clear and present danger to Israeli tourists planning on visiting Sinai Peninsula”

Roni Sofer, Amnon Meranda
Published: 09.15.08, 12:44 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Counter Terrorism Bureau (CTB) issued a stark travel advisory for the Sinai Peninsula Monday, indicating a clear and present danger to Israeli tourists visiting the area.

The Prime Minister’s Office added that Israelis traveling to the area are now at severe risk of being abducted.

The CTB urged Israelis planning to travel to Sinai to revise their plans, and those already there to leave immediately.

According to the CTB, increased Hizbullah activity in the area has prompted the stern instructions. A travel advisory indicating the safety of Israelis traveling to Sinai cannot be guaranteed has been in place for some time now.”

[Cindy]

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[MamaDearest]

I NEED A REAL MICKEY MOUSE BREAK HERE...How about you Mouseketeers?

Thanks Cindy for the MM break. Prayers up for Annette. Those were the days of Walt Disney morals and decency. The Britney Spears era - not so much - if at all.

[Cindy]

Ditto.

[Cindy]

ADDING to post no. 331:

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ANOTHER RAMADAN, ANOTHER ROUND OF ATTACKS ON JIHADI FORUMS?" (September 14, 2008)

THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "REPORT: BLOGGER THWARTS AL-QAEDA 9/11 ANNIVERSARY PLANS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "My response: A) I'm not a hacker, although I play one on TV. B) Aaron is not a hacker." ARTICLE SNIPPET: D) "Neither I nor Aaron are responsible for the take down of al Qaeda's main forum and two of its sister forums...") (September 15, 2008)

HINDUSTAN TIMES.com: New Delhi - "HACKERS BLOCK QAEDA's 9/11 TERROR ON TAPE" by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sources close to US intelligence said, "Hackers knocked out Al Qaeda's online means of communication, thus preventing them from posting anything to commemorate the anniversary."Western intelligence suspects two hackers who have targeted Islamicist sites before were responsible: Aaron Weisburd from Internet Haganah and Rusty Shackleford from the web group My Pet Jawa." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "This is not the first time hackers have dented the plans of the world's deadliest terror network. In 2004, a hacker group called TeAmZ USA had knocked out the websites of Abu Musal al-Zarqawi, late head of the Al Qaeda in Iraq, for showing tapes of Westerners being beheaded. The hackers left the image of a gun-toting penguin on the website." (Last updated September 13, 2008, 01:04)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082814/posts

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http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=2597

Sep 15 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 16)

“Thwarting Domestic Terrorism
Vandalism and Violent Acts That Sabotage Experiments Are a Threat to All Researchers”

Henry I. Miller, M.D.