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Threat Matrix: 2010
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| 12/31/2009
| Freeper TMers
Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta
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Al Qaedas Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad
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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. (snip) 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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Threat Matrix: Since November 3, 2003
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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~
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Government Web Sites
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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~
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cranswick; lacklancranswick; terror; terrorism; threatmatrix; tm; wot
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To: JustPiper
Bin Laden’s bounty is 25 mil. On pace to set a record for drone strikes this month..
To: Moe Tzadik
TY Moe, we don’t hear enough of Debbie
1,362
posted on
01/15/2010 10:39:03 AM PST
by
JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: WestCoastGal
Twitter is such a huge community, did he say something that alarmed you?
1,363
posted on
01/15/2010 10:40:15 AM PST
by
JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: Moe Tzadik
Since this is happening repeatedly, there is no doubt in my mind, they are testing more & more of our response
1,364
posted on
01/15/2010 10:42:17 AM PST
by
JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: nwctwx
So this is small change then? What about Zawahiri?
1,365
posted on
01/15/2010 10:45:32 AM PST
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JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: JustPiper
Zawahri is 25 mil as well. Looks like 5 mil is the second tier, but quite a few on the list at that range. Not sure if there are bounties that high on Taliban leaders like Hakeemmullah Mehsud (who seems to have survived the strike intended to kill him).
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm
To: nwctwx
Please keep us updated, your research is invaluable
1,367
posted on
01/15/2010 11:22:39 AM PST
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JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
1,368
posted on
01/15/2010 11:41:14 AM PST
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JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: caww; All
1,369
posted on
01/15/2010 11:42:23 AM PST
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JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
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posted on
01/15/2010 11:43:39 AM PST
by
JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
1,371
posted on
01/15/2010 11:53:39 AM PST
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JustPiper
({{{ Burnin' down the Tent!!! }}})
To: WestCoastGal
Who wants to hunt/kill ducks and eat them when they hang around a nuclear plant?Hate to destroy all those China Syndrome delusions, but there are so many regulations on nuke plant operations, with corresponding numbers of sensors and tests, the air, soil and water around those facilities is cleaner than some hospitals.
Leaks? The odds of being exposed to a radioactive leak if you camped out on top of the containment structure are about the same as winning Powerball.
Biggest hazard hunting duck around a nuke plant is packing a gun and then having to deal with all those humorless security types
To: JustPiper
Thanks Piper..nice to see some of Steve emersons work. He knows what he’s talking about.
All eyes still on Haiti..help getting in... but then what?
1,373
posted on
01/15/2010 12:18:23 PM PST
by
caww
To: JustPiper
Those alerts are hard to capture. ;);)
1,374
posted on
01/15/2010 12:23:57 PM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: WestCoastGal
To: blackie
1,376
posted on
01/15/2010 3:00:30 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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posted on
01/15/2010 3:44:02 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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posted on
01/15/2010 3:45:30 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
To: JustPiper
Has the Vatican issued a statement?
To: blackie
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