Threat Matrix: 2009

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[Velveeta]

Cheney warns of new attacks

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[DvdMom]

bump

[Velveeta]

FOX reporting now 1600 ill in Mexico.

[WestCoastGal]

@SwineFluWatchNEWS: Ohio Boy’s Swine Flu Matches Deadly Mexican Strain http://bit.ly/wh4H6 #swineflu

[WestCoastGal]

US Embassy in Mexico Suspends Services: http://mexico.usembassy.gov... #swineflu

[WestCoastGal]

It’s growing quickly now, they better start enforcing quarantine.

[Velveeta]

Thanks to a freepmailer for the following links:

http://healthmap.org/en

http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/biosurveillance/2009/04/swine-flu-in-mexico-timeline-of-events.html

[WestCoastGal]

All 14 schools near San Antonio [Guadalupe County] will be closed. There are 12 more cases of flu.

[Velveeta]

Sheesh!

Had my daughter at the doc yesterday. Never before have I been pleased to hear “strep throat”.

[WestCoastGal]

UPDATE: Swine flu shuts down all of SCUCISD
By Ron Maloney
The Gazette-Enterprise

Published April 26, 2009
SCHERTZ — State health officials Sunday ordered all 16 Schertz-Cibolo-Univesal City Independent School District campuses closed in an effort to contain the swine flu outbreak.

The action came one day after officials closed Cibolo’s Byron Steele High School after announcing a possible third case of swine flu had been confirmed at the facility — and asked Guadalupe County residents to avoid attendance at large events or gatherings.

Sunday, SCUCISD Superintendent of Schools Belinda Pustka announced the district’s instructions had changed since a Saturday afternoon press conference in which the first closure was announced.

“We have been told to close all schools in the district for one week,” Pustka said in a recorded call sent to all SCUCISD parents Sunday. “The health department strongly recommends that all public events be cancelled.”

Dr. Sandra Guerra, a Department of State Health Services regional director and the public health authority for Guadalupe County said the closures are precautionary and are intended to suppress the cluster of swine flu cases in Guadalupe County and hopefully slow or stop the spread of the illness, which is so far believed responsible for about 70 deaths in Mexico.

[Velveeta]

Barack Obama tested for swine flu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238501/posts

[Velveeta]

Say It’s Osama. What If He Won’t Talk?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238454/posts

[LucyT]

Firm set to reap rewards on swine flu
Yahoo News ^ | 4/26/2009 | Alexander Haislip

The swine flu outbreak is likely to benefit one of the most prolific and successful venture capital firms in the United States: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Thomson Reuters Private Equity Week reported on Friday.

Shares of the two public companies in the firm’s portfolio of eight Pandemic and Bio Defence companies — BioCryst Pharmaceuticals and Novavax — jumped Friday on news that the swine flu killed a reported 60 people in Mexico and has infected people in the United States.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238498/posts

[LucyT]

Fred Thompson: Obama Loosed ‘Dogs of War’ on CIA
NewsMax ^

[excerpted]

“The dogs of war have been loosed in this country and I don’t know what is going to happen before we see the end of it. But none of it’s going to be good.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238504/posts

[Godzilla]

placemark.

[SisterK]

BO was ill prior to his trip to Mexico.

Ill like in the ill you get from the slight dose courtesy of a vaccine?

[WestCoastGal]

Guadalupe County Texas - 3 confirmed - 7 probable additional cases and 20 more being tested.

Stuff you won’t see on the national news.

[WestCoastGal]

44 sent home today with flu symptoms from another school in San Antonio.

[WestCoastGal]

Drudge_ReportDem Congressman calls for US/MEX border shutdown... http://www.weny.com/News-Lo...

[Oorang]

'300 Taliban suicide bombers on way to Islamabad,' claim Pakistan officials
4/26/09

300 suicide bombers are on their way to Islamabad, Pakistan and plan to attack the capital and certain local officials of foreign embassies there, Interior Ministry sources said.

The suicide bombers also plan to attack Rawalpindi and Lahore and are being led by five top Taliban commanders who are close aides of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the country's unified Taliban movement, according to the sources.

The commanders have left North Waziristan for Islamabad and would supervise the terrorist operations planned by Baitullah Mehsud in these cities, the sources added. Pakistan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah confirmed the report, saying that security measures had been adopted to thwart such threats. The law enforcement agencies have planned counter strategies to deal with the situation, the secretary said.

Excerpted

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173633/300-Taliban-suicide-bombers-way-Islamabad-claim-Pakistan-officials.html

I know this was posted earlier but I don't believe they had released the nationalities of the stowaways.
Algerian, Moroccan stowaways arrested in Canada
26/04/2009

Authorities in the Canadian port of Halifax found five Moroccan and two Algerian illegal immigrants hiding on a Swedish cargo ship arriving from Antwerp, Belgium, Echorouk reported on Saturday (April 25th).

The stowaways, all young men in their twenties, were taken into custody on Thursday night. Border officials are conducting interviews to determine whether to deport them or allow them to begin a refugee claim process, Canadian press reported.

http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2009/04/26/newsbrief-02

[Oorang]

The numbers sure are going up quickly. This is not looking good. In a couple of weeks we could have a full on, world wide, pandemic.