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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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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cranswick; lacklancranswick; terror; terrorism; threatmatrix; tm; wot
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To: hoosiermama
They had there beautiful martyr from last protest, they will go bonkers if more are killed or beaten
2,461
posted on
02/11/2010 12:11:49 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
2,462
posted on
02/11/2010 12:12:25 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
Following til I drop (which might be soon?)
2,463
posted on
02/11/2010 12:12:48 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
To: thouworm
I wish there were enough to overcome those louts
Wonder what crazy Ahm is going to do to pipelines etc. THAT will hit all countries hard
2,464
posted on
02/11/2010 12:13:35 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
rezach: Government militia opened fired to green movement demonstrators in Isfahan Iran #iranelection less than 20 seconds ago from web jswtx: RT @IRAN_FIRSTAID: RT FOR WOUNDED!! FIRST AID INFO IN FARSI : مشکل پزشکی (http://gr88.tumblr.com/) #IranElection #neda #tehran please RT (via @void00110000) less than 20 seconds ago from Tweetie
2,465
posted on
02/11/2010 12:14:01 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: DollyCali
I feel tired but the adrenaline, my mother cursed me being an empath
2,466
posted on
02/11/2010 12:14:16 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hoosiermama
LaraABCNews Jst spoke 2 Mehdi Karroubi’s sn Hossein, confirms hs car was attacked. He’s now home safe,but his son Ali arrested
2,467
posted on
02/11/2010 12:15:22 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: DollyCali
not only the @press_TV tweets are out more than 5 hours - ALL http://www.presstv.ir/ is OFFline !
In Mashad, a lot of high school students were forced to come to
(The Obama way)
2,468
posted on
02/11/2010 12:16:31 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
ouch!
BTW. There was a man who posted (a few years ago) a daily Iran Freedom thread & I was on ping list. All of a sudden I got no more pings? Is he still around? anyone know Anything?
(cant recall the screenname)
2,469
posted on
02/11/2010 12:17:11 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
To: JustPiper
what station has the best coverage?
(Direct TV # if possible.. I do so little TV I dont even know the numbers/station coordination)
2,470
posted on
02/11/2010 12:18:33 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
Death to khameni heard on IRAN State TV
4 tweets
2,471
posted on
02/11/2010 12:18:42 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: DollyCali
TV has squat, the only news are tweets & live blogs, blackout there, overload
2,472
posted on
02/11/2010 12:19:38 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
There is chaos. Lasers?
The sounds & the footage DO NOT MATCH on Iran state TV covering AN’s speech!
2,473
posted on
02/11/2010 12:20:16 AM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: DollyCali
FARS? You want on my pinglist here?
2,474
posted on
02/11/2010 12:20:58 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: DollyCali
2,475
posted on
02/11/2010 12:20:59 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: hoosiermama
Pie_Spy: RT @Ahura3: AN announce they just produced the 1st batch of %20 Uranium #iranelection #NO2IR #iran #22BAHMAN
half a minute ago from Twittelator
2,476
posted on
02/11/2010 12:21:44 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: MestaMachine
I posted 2 about that here to you, what the hell lasers?!
and this:
Riot police fired paint-filled balls after protesters chanted opposition slogans in Sadeqieh Square
2,477
posted on
02/11/2010 12:21:50 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: MestaMachine
AN claiming the first convoy of 20%-enriched nuclear fuel produced “the day before yesterday”
2,478
posted on
02/11/2010 12:23:10 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
jhod: RT @MikVerbrugge #22Bahman Reports : Clashes at Vali-e Asr - Basijis smashing car windows - Police Bike on fire. #iranelection
2,479
posted on
02/11/2010 12:24:47 AM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: hoosiermama
AllNewsSources
DPA: US national held at Delhi airport for suspected terror links http://bit.ly/aghJXL
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