Threat Matrix: 2010

Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

[Velveeta]

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.

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[blackie]

Hey McDonald’s Restaurants, Jews and Seventh Day Adventists don’t eat pork either...where was your concern for them, in the past??

[Moe Tzadik]

:-)

With the current environment we don’t have to wait long for another...

Dutch airliner makes emergency landing in Ireland after bomb threat

January 13th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Amsterdam, Jan 13 (DPA) A Dutch airliner made an emergency landing at Shannon airport in Ireland Wednesday after a passenger claimed there was a bomb on board, the airline said.

The ArkeFly flight carrying 224 passengers and 11 crew was on its way from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curacao a “confused and aggressive” passenger repeatedly told the crew there was a bomb on board.

The pilot ultimately decided to make an emergency landing, the airline said.

The man, described in the Irish media as a 44-year-old Dutch national, was being questioned by local police. Security staff body-searched and questioned all passengers and checked the entire aircraft for bombs and weapons, but none was found.

An ArkeFly spokeswoman said the airline’s first priority was “to get all passengers to their destination as soon as possible”.

She said the airline would investigate what exactly happened and whether steps would be undertaken against the man.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/dutch-airliner-makes-emergency-landing-in-ireland-after-bomb-threat_100303466.html

[roses of sharon]

(saw this a few min ago)

# Update: U.S. ‘contemplating whether additional security measures should be imposed’ in light of probable new al-Qaida threat - NBC News 8 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters

# ‘Credible’ new intelligence suggests #al-Qaida in Yemen planning another attack on U.S. - NBC News developing 9 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters

[JustPiper]

BUMP!Thank you for this info Sharon!

[JustPiper]

If you would like to be added to my TM pinglist or removed just email me

[LucyT]

‘Credible’ new intelligence suggests #al-Qaida in Yemen planning another attack on U.S. - NBC News developing
20 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters

[JustPiper]

Nothing on all news searches nor NBC news

[JustPiper]

Wow, just pinged you to post by Sharon...two of you now saying it, have yet to find a source to post though

[GeronL]

this is a monster thread

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, updates anticipated.

[JustPiper]

Hehe, alot of you have been great poster’s! This is like our heyday threads...six years & counting :)

[JustPiper]

This thread is just since NYE, ALOt of unbelievable info here, peruse my friend

[JustPiper]

Per Pete Williams & Lester Holt just confirmed!

[JustPiper]

Ugh MSNBC

Update: U.S. ‘contemplating whether additional security measures should be imposed’ in light of probable new al-Qaida threat - NBC News 42 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters

[JustPiper]

Christian Persecution

Six Egyptian Christian Copts were killed by Muslims as they were celebrating Christmas on January 7, 2010. Neither President Barack Obama of the USA, nor Gordon Brown of Britain, nor Angela Merkel of Germany, to name a few Western leaders, decried the crime nor condemned it. And nobody took to the street to protest the killing.

Is Muslim Blood More Precious than Christian Blood? The Hypocrisy of Western Politicians

Can the System – As It’s Being Run – Really Stop the Next Jihadist Attack?

[JustPiper]

Breaking news from Twitter

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[MamaDearest]

Hey McDonald’s Restaurants, Jews and Seventh Day Adventists don’t eat pork either...where was your concern for them, in the past??

Excellent point blackie. It appears appeasing Muslims surpasses anything they could do for Jews or Seventh Day Adventists. I avoid McDonalds like the plague for the policially correct agenda they attempt to inflict upon us. Treating all people the same, no matter who there are should suffice nicely, but NOOOOOO, not good enough for the politically correct crowd. They refuse to stay neutral, choosing instead to rankle people not approving of the agendas they back:

American Family Association launches boycott against McDonald's for promoting the homosexual agenda

What the boycott of McDonald’s IS about

It is about McDonald’s, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars. McDonald’s has chosen not to remain neutral but to give the full weight of their corporation to promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

bttt

[jersey117]

Thanks for the Ping JP. I was searching for more info and came across this. Not sure if it was posted yet. Haven’t had a chance to backtrack the thread.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/749666—airports-on-heightened-alert-for-terror-threat?bn=1

Airports on heightened alert

“There’s some specific information that certainly causes me concern, causes our security officials concern, and I think we’ve got to maintain heightened vigilance at this time,” said Transport Minister John Baird.

Baird said new, specific information about a potential attack led his agency to issue the warning, which comes in the wake of the thwarted Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner.......

[jersey117]

Thanks for the Ping JP. I was searching for more info and came across this. Not sure if it was posted yet. Haven’t had a chance to backtrack the thread.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/749666—airports-on-heightened-alert-for-terror-threat?bn=1

Airports on heightened alert

“There’s some specific information that certainly causes me concern, causes our security officials concern, and I think we’ve got to maintain heightened vigilance at this time,” said Transport Minister John Baird.

Baird said new, specific information about a potential attack led his agency to issue the warning, which comes in the wake of the thwarted Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner.......