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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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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cranswick; lacklancranswick; terror; terrorism; threatmatrix; tm; wot
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To: LucyT; JustPiper
What is the significance of February 11th?
To: LucyT
To: thecodont; LucyT
February 11 is "Islamic Revolution's Victory Day", a national holiday with state sponsored demonstrations in every city.
To: JustPiper
Rut Row.
I see that Feb.11 is the anniversary of their "revolution". Heck I thought it might be the day some drug addled Imam or Mad Mullah decided that the 12th Imam would return?
Still what better day to set off Armageddon, That will surely persuade the hidden Imam to show himself by climbing out of that well in the Jamkaran mosque (on the outskirts of Qom) Sounds like a nice place to test a bunker buster).
1,944
posted on
01/31/2010 9:57:15 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: thecodont
the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Republic, which will be marked on Feb. 11
1,945
posted on
01/31/2010 10:33:42 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
To: LucyT
1,946
posted on
01/31/2010 10:35:19 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
To: El Gato
But it seems we are prepared there
1,947
posted on
01/31/2010 10:37:14 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
1,948
posted on
01/31/2010 10:40:26 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
To: JustPiper
1,949
posted on
02/01/2010 8:50:51 AM PST
by
PatriotGirl827
(Ted Nugent for Secretary of Defense)
To: JustPiper
"What the hell are they expecting?!"Better to be ready!
Be Ever Vigilant!
1,950
posted on
02/01/2010 9:51:25 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: blackie; PatriotGirl827; caww; FARS; Cindy; sonofstrangelove; myknowledge; Talkradio03
1,951
posted on
02/01/2010 11:29:50 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
To: JustPiper
It is just Bible Prophesy being fulfilled in our lifetime...exciting isn’t it...
1,952
posted on
02/01/2010 11:32:50 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; blackie; caww; FARS; All
It is prophetic.
What we fretted over on live thread:
Important UPDATE:
~Just damn!
UPDATE 1-US missile test mimicking Iran strike fails
Radar system malfunctioned in test over Pacific
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile mimicking an attack from Iran failed after a malfunction in a radar built by Raytheon Co, the Defense Department said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0120076120100201
1,953
posted on
02/01/2010 11:51:29 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
To: JustPiper
Not good news, do the tests again until they get it right!
1,954
posted on
02/01/2010 12:27:44 PM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: JustPiper
Thank you for the ping JP.
1,955
posted on
02/01/2010 2:58:31 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: El Gato
You know, I just noticed those pictures of the Ayatollah whoever on the Mosque. Doesn't that violate the "no graven images" stricture of Islam?
I guess it's one rule for us and another for them.
1,956
posted on
02/01/2010 3:50:04 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: JustPiper
Thanks for the ping! You guys are doing an excellent job here.
1,957
posted on
02/01/2010 4:43:11 PM PST
by
PatriotGirl827
(Ted Nugent for Secretary of Defense)
To: JustPiper
TANKS for the ping,,,
IIRC they’ve had many problems with these ABM type systems.
I doubt it would be very hard to overload...
1,958
posted on
02/01/2010 4:49:11 PM PST
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: Godzilla; FARS; MamaDearest; Cindy; JustPiper; Velveeta; LucyT; Rushmore Rocks; WestCoastGal; ...
Explosives Found at Ashkelon Beach (Israel) Feb/01/10
A barrel with an explosive charge was discovered near the waterline of the beach at Ashkelon on Monday. It was neutralized and is being examined in a special police laboratory. Police say the explosive was meant for a terror attack and not criminal-related.
Excerpted
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/179753
IDF on Alert Due to Death of Hamas Terrorist
Feb/01/10
The IDF and the Israeli security establishment have increased preparedness in case of attempts to kidnap soldiers, following the assassination of senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al Mabhoh in Dubai and because of the anniversary of the assassination of senior Hezbollah terrorist, Imad Mornay. There has also been intensified mobilization at Jewish and Israeli centers abroad. Defense officials stressed however that Israel does not accept responsibility for the assassination of Mabhoh.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/179709
1,959
posted on
02/01/2010 6:05:28 PM PST
by
Oorang
(Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
To: Oorang
Thank you for the ping Oorang.
1,960
posted on
02/01/2010 6:12:06 PM PST
by
Cindy
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