Threat Matrix: October 2008

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[Cindy]

Looking at PROPAGANDA:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3607616,00.html

“Haniyeh: American Empire is collapsing”

SNIPPET: “Enemies of US exalt in financial crisis wracking Western nations, despite toll it has taken on region. Muslim clerics, al-Qaeda leaders: ‘Allah is punishing America’”

Associated Press
Published: 10.11.08, 17:19 / Israel News

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internet

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QUOTE:

http://www.memriiwmp.org/content/en/report.htm?report=2869

Islamist Website Announces Campaign To Post Jihadist Materials On Popular American Forums

No. 2078 - October 10, 2008

On October 7, 2008, the Islamist website Shumukh Al-Islam launched a campaign to post jihadist videos and audios on popular American forums in order to “spread fear among the Christians... and to make the American people aware of the true nature of the current struggle between us and them.”

[Cindy]

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1969529/posts?page=436#436

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

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BLOG:

Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/10436.htm

‘Imad Mughniya Groups Receiving Aid From Iran

Salah Thabet, commander of ‘Imad Mughniya groups in Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, has said that the groups are receiving economic and logistical aid from Iran.

Fatah sources said that some group members were trained by Hizbullah,which last year transferred thousands of dollars to West Bank residents to carry out terror attacks.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, October 9, 2008

Posted at: 2008-10-10

436 posted on October 11, 2008 9:31:17 PM PDT by Cindy

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.memritv.org/subject/en/382.htm

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A look at Iranian PROPAGANDA:

BLOG:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/10430.htm

“Iran Friday Sermon: Iran’s Nuclear Rights ‘God-Pleasing’”
(Posted October 10, 2008)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103545/posts

“Somali pirates attack two more ships in Indian Ocean”
Telegraph UK ^ | 11 Oct 2008
Posted on October 11, 2008 8:22:26 PM PDT by nuconvert

[Cindy]

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

[Cindy]

Good.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103993/posts

“No Internet Access for 9/11 Defendants at Gitmo”
AP ^ | 10/12/2008
Posted on October 12, 2008 1:53:17 PM PDT by james500

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taleban

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Same old Taliban...another day...same old warning...

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BLOG:

Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/10409.htm

Taliban Asks Music Shops In Lahore To Shut Down

According to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Jang, the Taliban have sent letters to entertainment and music shops in Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore to shut down.

The Taliban also warned that if the shops were not closed by October 20, there will be bomb blasts at the entertainment shops. The shopkeepers in Lahore are worried over the Taliban warning.

Shabir Ahmad, the President of traders’ organization the Anjuman-e-Tajiran, said that after the Taliban letter he also received the warning over phone.

Source: Roznama Jang, Pakistan, October 10, 2008

Posted at: 2008-10-10

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/northkorea
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nkorea

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UPDATE:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081011/wl_nm/us_korea_north_list

“U.S. takes North Korea off terrorism blacklist”
By Sue Pleming
Sat Oct 11, 2:54 PM ET

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearization talks in the final months of the Bush administration.

The decision was made after North Korea agreed to a series of verification measures of its nuclear facilities, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.”

[Cindy]

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_theatre11.3f0d839.html

“FBI terrorism unit to treat letter found in Palm Desert theater as a threat”

10:00 PM PDT on Friday, October 10, 2008
By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An FBI terrorism division is investigating as a credible threat a letter that contained a suspicious substance found at a Palm Desert theater.

Initial analysis by the FBI tested negative for biological or chemical hazards. Tests also indicated that the substance was not harmful.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”We are treating it as a threat,” Eimiller said.”

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22931&Itemid=21

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20081012-09
Oct. 12, 2008

ISF find large explosives cache in Salah ad Din
Multi-National Division – North PAO

SALAH AD DIN, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces found a large explosives cache in southern Tikrit, Salah ad Din Oct. 11.

The cache included approximately 700 152mm white phosphorous artillery rounds and over 300 .50 caliber rounds. The cache was reported to Coalition forces who destroyed it in a controlled detonation Oct. 12.

“Getting this many rounds off the street, especially ones with white phosphorous, continues to limit the ability of terrorist to kill and injure the citizens of Iraq,” said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, a spokesperson for Multi-National Division-North.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22933&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20081012-11
Oct. 12, 2008

IP find IED factory in Mosul
Multi-National Division – North PAO

NINAWA, Iraq – Iraqi Police found an improvised explosive device factory in Mosul Oct. 12.

The factory included two bags of homemade explosives weighing about 150 pounds each, three bags of ammonium nitrate weighing about 10 pounds each and other IED making materials.

In addition to the supplies, IP detained one suspect who was in the vicinity. Iraqi Army and Coalition force Soldiers were brought to the site to help consolidate the materials for disposal.

“This is just another example of the great work the Iraqi Police are doing to make their communities safer,” said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, spokesperson for Coalition forces north of Baghdad.

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[Cindy]

http://www.infolive.tv

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hamas
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internet

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/html/search.asp?isSearch=yes&isT8=yes&searchText=T89&pid=107&sid=13&preview=
http://www.memritv.org

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www.aqsatube.com/

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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/mt_e003.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
October 12, 2008

“The Internet and terrorism: Hamas recently launched a new website called AqsaTube, an addition to its extensive Internet presence. Hamas makes intensive use of its website network to wage the battle for the hearts and minds of its various target audiences in the Palestinian Authority and worldwide”.”

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=1479014
(AP)

“Car bombings in Mosul and Baghdad kill 13”
October 13, 2008 - 12:32am

By ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The governor of the province that includes Mosul, Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula, said Saturday that about 3,000 Christians have fled the city over the past week alone to escape threats and attacks by Sunni extremists.”

[Cindy]

BLOG:

http://terrorismpolitician.blogspot.com/

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http://terrorismpolitician.blogspot.com/2008/10/our-annual-letter-to-dictator-saleh.html

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008
“Our Annual Letter To Dictator Saleh”

October 10, 2008

LETTER SNIPPET: “President Saleh,

It’s that time of year again; yet another anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole in Port Aden, Yemen on October 12th, 2000. In that attack, our son and sixteen of his mates were brutally murdered, and 39 other sailors were wounded. “

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023066.php

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Note: Photo included.

http://kxan.images.worldnow.com/images/9127007_BG1.jpg

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=9127007

“APD detonates supposed bomb”
Posted: Oct 5, 2008 02:08 PM
Updated: Oct 6, 2008 02:09 PM
“Police continue bomb threat investigation”

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Azzam Baytie, 46, left the backpack on the ground early Sunday afternoon after having an argument with members of the Muslim center who had asked him to leave.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A criminal trespass warning had been placed on Baytie by members of the Muslim center after he began acting erratically and causing problems. Baytie had been sleeping inside the mosque at the center and using it as a place to reside.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Baytie was charged with criminal trespass and making terroristic threats.”

[Cindy]

READY.GOV
http://www.ready.gov

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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.”

[Godzilla]

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[Unrepentant VN Vet]

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[Cindy]

http://www.youtube.com/ysfromchi
“This account is suspended.”