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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: jersey117

TY FFNY! Good find, connects the dots, wonder if it’s Britain too?

“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,”


1,281 posted on 01/13/2010 4:05:04 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: jersey117

Video from NBC on new “credible” threat: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34849979#34849979


1,282 posted on 01/13/2010 5:27:24 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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Video: U.S. officials: al-Qaida in Yemen planning attack
1,283 posted on 01/13/2010 6:10:20 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: PghBaldy

Ooooo pretty video player! Bump!
~Piper loves shiny objects


1,284 posted on 01/13/2010 9:09:21 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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Videos

Martha Coakley says no more terrorists in Afghanistan

Whenever you think general incompetence by those who purport to serve by the consent of the governed can’t get any worse, think again

OUTRAGE

“Public Funds to Help Pay for Defense of Alleged Soldier Killer”

1,285 posted on 01/13/2010 9:24:06 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: JustPiper; Cindy

Military Policy Awareness Links (MiPALs)
What is a MiPAL?

MiPALs are published by the National Defense University (NDU) Library as a current awareness service for MERLN users; our objective is to provide access to key U.S. policy statements on the country or topic of the MiPAL.

While MiPALs emphasize U.S. military policy, each MiPAL includes resources analyzing the topic from governmental and non-governmental sources, including think tanks and scholarly journals. All documents are available full-text on the internet. Some may be available only through commercial databases; these are clearly identified.

Each MiPAL is accompanied by an archive. The current MiPAL contains items released in the last 12 months. Older material is contained in the archive.

Track updates to the MiPALs by using the “Rich Site Summary (RSS)” link in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

http://merln.ndu.edu/index.cfm?secID=116&pageID=3&type=section#c10


1,286 posted on 01/13/2010 10:43:57 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ok are you giving me a puzzle to solve? :)


1,287 posted on 01/13/2010 10:46:34 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: granite; Cindy; All
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Iranian-born chemical engineer

3 charged in alleged plot to ship possible nuclear-weapons items to Iran

1,288 posted on 01/13/2010 10:49:18 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: JustPiper

Nope! Just a reference for any changes to National Security Policy.

Obama was to have presented his National Security Strategy for the US to Congress in July, 2009.

He has yet to do so.

These folks track changes in policy.


1,289 posted on 01/13/2010 10:55:21 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thanks for the source Jet. I will add it to the next thread


1,290 posted on 01/14/2010 1:11:25 AM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: Jet Jaguar

Well, I discovered one thing from your link that interests me :)
White Papers


1,291 posted on 01/14/2010 1:15:08 AM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: MamaDearest; WestCoastGal; Rushmore Rocks; FARS; Jet Jaguar; TigersEye; Godzilla; ...
~Sound Check...are we up?


DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Intel officials, militants say Pakistani Taliban chief is alive following US missile strike.

1,292 posted on 01/14/2010 1:24:08 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: JustPiper

Yep, I’m here. Just feel like I’m waiting for another shoe to drop......a most uncomfortable feeling.


1,293 posted on 01/14/2010 1:37:29 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks
Just feel like I’m waiting for another shoe to drop......a most uncomfortable feeling.

Here too...usually means we're very close...days.

Fox now out with yesterday's 'Credible Intelligence' story.

1,294 posted on 01/14/2010 2:05:00 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: Moe Tzadik

I heard them report that this morning. Very little info. Most of the coverage all day, on all stations, has been Haiti. My husband and son are flying to Europe on Saturday for our business......so, I’m feeling especially on edge about the new/old threats.


1,295 posted on 01/14/2010 2:20:26 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: MamaDearest

I haven’t patronized a McDonald’s since 1985.


1,296 posted on 01/14/2010 2:54:00 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: JustPiper

I’m so happy I stopped flying.

If I can’t drive there in my 2001 Ford F150 SVT Lightning, I won’t go. ;)


1,297 posted on 01/14/2010 2:55:53 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: JustPiper

Loud and clear!!


1,298 posted on 01/14/2010 3:01:39 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Me too! I warned my daughter in Chgo & my family here


1,299 posted on 01/14/2010 3:01:40 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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To: blackie; Moe Tzadik; Rushmore Rocks

TY for checking in!


1,300 posted on 01/14/2010 3:03:26 PM PST by JustPiper ({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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