Threat Matrix: 2010

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

[votemout]

Can they reschedule for May? We’re going to Israel or plan to in late April.

[caww]

“Israel to strike Iran”....not March..propaganda to shake up Iran further. Could be earlier...depends on many variables going on over there now..but I think not March...last year they said Dec.

It’s no longer up to BO admin...though Israel will inform them once plains have begun the deed.

[caww]

Mesta,

You come down from the sweet Brown victory high yet?
Tis sweet indeed, my little ol’ heart still humming...

Serious note:

-Where’s the chatter at now?
-Any new infor. if Bo will or not let Haitians in?...I heard yesturday it’s a no go, in part because of what you wrote in this post.

News flash......damage control on, from the top:

-Bo interview w/ Stephanop./world news/nightline ....also tomorrow on Good Morn. Am.

Exrt:...From BO’s lips....” ..samething that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office.” also...”fears about this bill are false:.....(Liar)

[caww]

.....Anything further on this guy?....

[caww]

I have Vista which too many have had problems with Zone Alarm on Vista..but understand a good one otherwise.

[jersey117]

Just heard a blurb on my radio about bomb residue found on laptop on plane at Munich airport. Suspect got away. Commuting on BB right now. See if you can find a link if you haven’t posted yet.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Post 1478.

[Moe Tzadik]

No. Just the usual downplaying. The guy’s laptop/case failed the swab test, he grabs it and runs, successfully evades and escapes and...CNN now says “But authorities later said the man may simply have been in a hurry, grabbed his things and left the airport.”

The (no description) “man” and his potential/real bomb are gone.

[caww]

Figures...one more to worry about...same o sameo

[jersey117]

Thanks RR. And thanks for the update Moe. Somehow I don’t think we’re getting the full story here.

[JustPiper]

I heard the same blurb FFNJ! any update?

[JustPiper]

hmmm...I’ll ask & see what I can do

[JustPiper]

Oh gawd:

Police spokesman admits security alarm could have been triggered by chemical substances such as perfume in hand luggage

~The rest of the article all PC & unwillingness to profile

[JustPiper]

U.S. intelligence officials believe there are dozens – perhaps hundreds – of Americans who have been in e-mail contact with the radical Yemeni cleric who is believed to have inspired and directed both the Fort Hood shooter and the failed Christmas Day airline bomber, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.

Radical Yemeni Cleric's Extensive American Contacts a Source of Major Concern

[JustPiper]

I was surprised to learn today that Tariq Ramadan has abandoned his attempt to teach at the University of Notre Dame. Given that the State Department was openly rooting for him to try again, given that the Department of Homeland Security questions were excluded from his immigration interview in Basel, given that the higher education and related lobbies were pulling for him to be allowed in, it seemed only a matter of time until he would be permitted entry to the United States to take up the university position.

That he has formally resigned from Notre Dame suggests just how solid the DHS evidence against him is. And this, by the way, does not surprise me. A senior DHS official looked me hard in the eyes a few weeks ago and assured me, "The evidence we have is damning."

Tariq Ramadan Gives Up – Then Tries Again by Daniel Pipes

The title raises one's curiosity – "Islamic leader urges Jews be wary of fundamentalists" but it is the quotes in the Boston Globe story that takes one's breath away. Ingrid Mattson, apologist for Wahhabism and president of the Islamic Society of North America (a key component of the "Wahhabi lobby") spoke at Harvard University on March 12 and gave American Jews some unsolicited advice. "Right-wing Christians are very risky allies for American Jews because they are really anti-Semitic. They do not like Jews." And therefore, she implied, Jews should stay away from Evangelicals and other pro-Israel Christians.

Islamist Advice to Jews

[JustPiper]

Quote of the Day

There is no doubt that terrorists still want to go for the big spectaculars -- things like aircraft and dirty bombs.

--British Undersecretary for Security and Counterterrorism Alan West.

[JustPiper]

South Korea's defense minister warned North Korea today that his nation would attack first if it felt a nuclear strike was imminent, the New York Times reported

South Korea Threatens North With Pre-Emptive Attack

The summit is planned to be held April 12-13 in Washington. One preliminary session has been conducted in Tokyo and another is set for March in Washington

Preparatory Meeting Planned for Nuclear Security Summit

[JustPiper]

~Roll Call ping?

[JustPiper]

to quote Bette Midler in The Rose:
“Is anybody Here?”