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Threat Matrix: 2010
Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
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Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

December 30, 2009 — The attempt to destroy Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day underscores the growing ambition of al Qaeda's Yemen franchise, which has grown from a largely Yemeni agenda to become a player in the global Islamic jihad in the last year. Since merging with the al Qaeda franchise in Saudi Arabia last January and renaming itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), it has stepped up operations in Yemen itself, struck into Saudi Arabia, and now operates on the global stage. The weak Yemeni government of President Ali Abdallah Salih, which has never fully controlled the country and now faces a host of growing problems, will need significant American support to defeat AQAP.

Al Qaeda has long been active in Yemen, the original homeland of Osama bin Laden's family, and one of its first major terror attacks was conducted in Aden in 2000, when an al Qaeda cell nearly sank the USS Cole. A year ago, the al Qaeda franchises in Saudi Arabia and Yemen merged after the Saudi branch had been effectively repressed by the Saudi authorities under the leadership of Deputy Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Nayif. The new AQAP showed its claws last August, when it almost assassinated the prince with a suicide bomber who had passed through at least two airports on the way to his attempt on Nayif.

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The attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight also shows that al Qaeda remains obsessed with striking the American airline industry, a target it has gone after repeatedly since 1999. If AQAP has now been told by the al Qaeda core leadership to take on the job, we can probably assume that other al Qaeda franchises in North Africa, Iraq, Southeast Asia and elsewhere have also been pressed to attack.

The Brookings Institution



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To: MestaMachine
“Islam will dominate the world” and “Islam will destroy Europe.”


1,061 posted on 01/09/2010 5:49:23 AM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: MestaMachine
I adore Steve Emerson. He is one of my heros. he could actually tell me the sky is really a natural blonde...and I might be inclined to believe him"

LMAO, oh I'm really into him myself, to me he's a Rockstar :)

1,062 posted on 01/09/2010 5:51:32 AM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: Cindy

Sure thing!


1,063 posted on 01/09/2010 5:52:27 AM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: caww

I told her our group is at her assistance if needed and to join FR :)


1,064 posted on 01/09/2010 5:54:16 AM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: caww

Well darn I thought it was funny not barfable.


1,065 posted on 01/09/2010 6:52:54 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: ExSoldier

>> THIRD would be the random trigger pullers smuggled across the Mexican border since 911. <<

My co-worker has a friend who’s a minute man down on the mexican border. He reports they find korans and prayer mats all the time. This would support your theory Ex.

BTW - Good to see you! Please know that I continue my prayers for you and your wife.


1,066 posted on 01/09/2010 8:24:10 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last.....it might be.)
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To: MestaMachine

This was demonstrated on Fox and Friends this morning.

“A bug”?.......I think not.


1,067 posted on 01/09/2010 8:34:34 AM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: MamaDearest
TSA Clears Illegal Immigrants To Work At NY Airport

Lunatics running the asylum

1,068 posted on 01/09/2010 8:47:53 AM PST by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: JustPiper

Thanks so much for the link to Sue Myrick’s presentations. THAT one is going into the desktop file for quick future follow up.


1,069 posted on 01/09/2010 8:50:01 AM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Oorang

SEIU is proud that they have tens of thousands of illegals in their membership, they’ve said so and been shown on Glenn Beck proudly proclaiming it! And yes, SEIU will somehow be raking in millions via TSA connections, count on it. Barry will take care of Andy and keep Andy’s commie embrace.


1,070 posted on 01/09/2010 9:00:58 AM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: JustPiper

Sue Myrick is right!!


1,071 posted on 01/09/2010 9:04:24 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: JustPiper
Jorge Aguiniga Druglord?

Well, for starters what poor impoverished illegal alien would own a plane of that value? NONE would be my best guess.

1,072 posted on 01/09/2010 10:28:28 AM PST by MamaDearest
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To: WestCoastGal

oh..ok..lol...ha ha ...hummm..barf! maybe yulk!


1,073 posted on 01/09/2010 10:35:54 AM PST by caww
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To: JustPiper

Good idea..hope she comes to Threat Matrix...she’d be well informed.


1,074 posted on 01/09/2010 11:03:38 AM PST by caww
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To: Velveeta; Cindy; All

Oilpatch activist released without charges in EnCana bombings

GRANDE PRAIRIE — Wiebo Ludwig was released without charges Saturday following his arrest a day earlier in connection with a series of pipeline bombings in northeastern British Columbia.

Mr. Ludwig, a convicted oilpatch bomber from rural Alberta, was arrested Friday and told his lawyer he was facing a charge of extortion in connection with a series of pipeline and wellhead bombings over the past 15 months.

It was a seemingly bizarre turn of events, as Mr. Ludwig had publicly said he was helping the investigators working to stop the attacks on EnCana infrastructure.

Mr. Ludwig’s lawyer, Paul Moreau, confirmed his client’s release Saturday.

Mr. Ludwig is a longtime activist who claimed sour gas wells adversely affected human health, including that of his family members.

He was released from prison in 2001 after serving two-thirds of a 28-month sentence for five charges related to oilpatch bombing and vandalism.

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2424637#ixzz0c9C2HBMm


1,075 posted on 01/09/2010 12:02:16 PM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

Thank you for the update fanfan.


1,076 posted on 01/09/2010 1:13:16 PM PST by Cindy
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To: JustPiper

Outstanding!


1,077 posted on 01/09/2010 1:37:53 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: fanfan

Thanks for the update.
Quite the strange story.


1,078 posted on 01/09/2010 1:42:02 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: All

VIDEO

‘Afghanistan CIA bomber’ shown vowing revenge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8449789.stm?ls

The clip purportedly shows al-Balawi with Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud

Video of a Jordanian said to have blown up seven CIA agents in Afghanistan has shown him vowing revenge for Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s death.

In a clip broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi says Mehsud must be avenged “inside and outside America”.


1,079 posted on 01/09/2010 1:43:55 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Cindy; Velveeta

You’re welcome Ladies. :-)


1,080 posted on 01/09/2010 2:07:59 PM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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