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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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"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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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
negaratduke: Euro news footage from Tehran shows crowds holding nothing: No signs & No flags on the 31st Anniv of the Iranian Revolution #iranelection
2,441
posted on
02/10/2010 11:57:49 PM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: MestaMachine
Granddaughter of Imam Khomeini arrested along with President khatami’s Brother
2,442
posted on
02/10/2010 11:58:01 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
I know so they may think it’s tear gas
2,443
posted on
02/10/2010 11:58:42 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
Khomeini's grand daughter Zahra Eshraghi has been arrested #IranElection #22Bahman #IslamicRepublic less than 20 seconds ago from web
2,444
posted on
02/10/2010 11:58:58 PM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: hoosiermama
maybe they are using the guise of supporters & then BAM?!
2,445
posted on
02/10/2010 11:59:35 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
2,446
posted on
02/11/2010 12:00:19 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper; MestaMachine
They may be afraid to be too brutal or too deadly.
Ledeen had an interesting piece yesterday.
February 10th, 2010 1:33 pm
Another Showdown at the Mullahs Corral
http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/
“One of the most fascinating aspects of the current phase of the Iranian revolution is that many of those arrested knew it was coming, had the opportunity to hide, but chose to go to jail. They viewed their arrest as a badge of honor, and (not to make light of the horrors of Iranian jails) perhaps even a good career move. They expect the regime to fall, and they are building up credits for the next government.
The two leaders of the Green Movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, expect to be arrested either Wednesday or Friday, and indeed they have been daring Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to do it. They believe that if they are arrested, the country will rise up against the regime.”
To: hoosiermama
They say the iranian state tv is using color filters to make the greens blend with the pro gov’t drowd. That’s why the pic is so blurry.
2,448
posted on
02/11/2010 12:00:53 AM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: thouworm
They believe that if they are arrested, the country will rise up against the regime.
They will~
2,449
posted on
02/11/2010 12:01:29 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
more censorship - don’t believe lies about why internet is down today!
khatami brother with his wife arrested (((( the past leaders of islamic republic
Girls , check this one out:
LASERS. Lasers are AN’s big “punch” to the west.
2,450
posted on
02/11/2010 12:03:19 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper; hoosiermama
We suspect the video feed from Azadi Sq not be real (at least not from today/ this year!)
2,451
posted on
02/11/2010 12:04:21 AM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: MestaMachine
AGAIN MM?
LASERS. Lasers are AN’s big “punch” to the west. #22bahman They must be HALOgraphic light ;)
2,452
posted on
02/11/2010 12:04:45 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
Update50: There are unconfirmed reports of helicopters flying over diff parts of Tehran
about 4000 people at D southern side of Imam Hossein Squ chanting “Death to Dictator” now
PersianLiberty Arrested protestors are taken to Bahman Cinema at Enghelab Sq. PLEASE GO HELP THEM
Tohid, Kehsavarz, Sattarkhan, Vali Asr, Sadeghieh full of Special Forces but more people are coming now
Tehrani friend covering #22Bahman said they’d b bused out for A’jad’s speech then bused back,no freedom 2 roam
2,453
posted on
02/11/2010 12:07:37 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
11:30 AM Tehran time - 8:00 AM GMT
Tehran
Car bearing former reformist President Mohammad Khatami was attacked and its windows were smashed, according to Mardomak.
Jonbesheh Raheh Sabz: Mohammad Reza Khatami, former President Khatami’s brother, has been arrested along with his wife Zahra Eshraghi, the granddaughter of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Update on Ali Karroubi’s arrest: Opposition leader Karroubi’s younger son was arrested as he tried to protect his father near Second Sadeghiyeh Square.
To: JustPiper
ShirinNariman: 2 young woman have been beaten in Freedome square in Iran, #iran, #iranelection, #election, #ccnirandesk
less than 20 seconds ago from web
2,455
posted on
02/11/2010 12:08:15 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: thouworm
2,456
posted on
02/11/2010 12:08:25 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
10:53 AM (Tehran Time)
Reliable sources confirm that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been injured. Reportedly, his head was bleeding as he was rushed out of Azadi Square by his entourage. (Read below for further information regarding the attack on Karroubi.)
10:50 AM (Tehran Time)
A reliable source reports that there are now clashes in both Sadeghie and Enghelab Squares. According to the source, tear gas has been liberally used by the security forces at Enghelab Square in Tehran. The air around that part of the city is still filled with the gas and protesters have been beaten.
2,457
posted on
02/11/2010 12:09:23 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
Summary of protests as of now: Clashes, tear gas, arrests, vehicle attacks, and chants of “Death to the Dictator!
2,458
posted on
02/11/2010 12:10:16 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
em_alli: RT #Ahmadinejad: “those who control the energy in the Middle East control the world” #Iranelection
less than 20 seconds ago from Ping.fm
Look out SAUDIs!
2,459
posted on
02/11/2010 12:10:18 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: JustPiper
now bullets into the air......
* * Dozens of helicopters are flying low throughout the skies of Tehran.
* * The regimes security has begun to shoot randomly into the air to disburse the protesters.
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