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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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Pretty quiet
Time_in_Iran The time in Iran is now... 12:30 AM, Sun Feb 14 (what this is: http://bit.ly/UhBWa )
2,681
posted on
02/13/2010 1:01:22 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: Mossad1967; mad_as_he$$; jhpigott; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; Oorang; onyx; SunkenCiv; Nachum; blam; ...
Thanks to Mossad1967 for sharing the following:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>>> "Take this report for what its worth. I'm just throwing it out there.
***"I also have relatives in Israel who tell me that is definitely NOT out of the realm of possibility"***
Not being an "alarmist" or anything.....just want to pass along what I received today from someone that I keep in touch with:
I have no way to verify this - it was emailed to me - its a forward.
I wondered WHY debka was 'gone' a week earlier today. so mysterious
ISRAEL WILL ATTACK LEBANON and IRAN in the next 48 hours
BREAKING !!!
Debka.com is on HOLD because of an imminent attack on Iran & Lebanon !
Quote
This is a warning and a plea for reason to anyone who will listen.
An undisclosed associate of mine who works closely with debka.com recently informed me that the MOSSAD has put the Israeli News service debka.com on temporary vacation because of an imminent conflict about to erupt involving the IDF, Hezbollah and Iran.
ISRAEL WILL ATTACK LEBANON and IRAN in the next 48 hours.
I have never been more scared about any thing in my whole entire life, I am writing this from my apartment in downtown TEL AVIV.
Sincerely Yours
I emailed a friend that has relatives in Israel, to see what his thoughts are, and this was his reply:
Some further sources saying the same. <<<<
I’ll monitor for a bit but only post if something rings true
FreeeIran I made this Video :) : Victory is Near, Brave People of Iran! http://bit.ly/96XHv9 #Iran
shirdl RT @persianyouth Tr @manic77 Hope is all we have against our opponents. If w let it go, w would lose everything
Slveryder RT @TelegraphNews Son of Iran’s Green Movement leader beaten by regime thugs http://is.gd/8jKiu #tehran
shariatmadari RT @Sonja_Jo: Gathering in front of the UN Headquarters in Geneva in Protest to the Violation of Human Rights in Iran http://is.gd/8k2i3
Iran_IP Help end mass killing of political prisoners n Iran - http://bit.ly/8w3qPe -
Daily Kos: Our Founders were NOT Fundamentalists - http://bit.ly/93KV8K #p2 #topprog
2,683
posted on
02/13/2010 1:05:29 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: caww
A nice level headed thought, if anything rings true about Mossad’s post, it may be within next 24 hrs. We have expected this though
2,684
posted on
02/13/2010 1:06:50 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: caww
Thanks for checking on it.
2,685
posted on
02/13/2010 1:07:16 PM PST
by
Rushmore Rocks
(Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
To: Rushmore Rocks; caww; hennie pennie
Going to Israeli news outlets will post if I find even a hint
2,686
posted on
02/13/2010 1:13:45 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: hennie pennie; onyx; penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; ...
~~~#2682!!
If true, God bless and protect Israel
.. Lord, please bless and protect us all.
Pray and pray more ...
2,687
posted on
02/13/2010 1:14:12 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
To: JustPiper
Nothing like this. Look for something completely unexpected. No aerial bombing. Inside Iran.
2,688
posted on
02/13/2010 1:16:26 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: Rushmore Rocks
~argh~
Shabbat Shalom! The round-the-clock news updates discontinue at this time in honor of the Sabbath. The updates will resume Saturday night, several hours following the conclusion of the Sabbath. During the Sabbath, the Jewish People are prohibited by Jewish Law from engaging in any type of work, including updating of the site.
2,689
posted on
02/13/2010 1:16:27 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: MestaMachine
So the post from Mossad no worries?
2,690
posted on
02/13/2010 1:16:57 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper; Mossad1967
Is anybody else having trouble emailing military in the Middle East? My emails are not getting through.
To: MestaMachine
Got your FB msg, good news. Well not being snowed in but friends. Will they be okay re: what your inferring?
2,692
posted on
02/13/2010 1:18:10 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: STARWISE; devolve
Real headbanging time
![](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/007access/PEOPLE-gifs/RetributionR.gif)
2,693
posted on
02/13/2010 1:18:19 PM PST
by
potlatch
(- What a co-inky-stink!)
To: STARWISE
Joining you in prayer, but also recognizing that Debka has never demonstrated much in the way of credibility.
2,694
posted on
02/13/2010 1:19:01 PM PST
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: ladyjane; MestaMachine
2,695
posted on
02/13/2010 1:19:18 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: STARWISE
Sounds like Israel may send Aw-Minny-Dumb a special Valentine. Jericho - Joshua - Blow your Horn.
2,696
posted on
02/13/2010 1:19:52 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: Allegra
“also recognizing that Debka has never demonstrated much in the way of credibility”
~Agreed
2,697
posted on
02/13/2010 1:19:55 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
‘Israel waging war of assassinations’
Israel is conducting a secret war, assassinating top officials in Hamas and Hizbullah in order to hamper the terror groups communications with their backer Iran, the London-based Times reported Saturday.
There has been growing co-operation between Gaza and Iran. Israel can read the writing on the wall and they know that with the help of Iran, the Hamas government in Gaza will become stronger and will fight better. But Israel is overstepping their boundaries. Other countries dont want to become a killing field for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the paper quotes an unnamed Palestinian official in Ramallah as saying.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=168603
2,698
posted on
02/13/2010 1:23:02 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: Allegra
Hopefully, that’s true again.
It feels like the world is aflame ...
landslides, uncommon snowfalls, earthquakes,
weird weather everywhere, church fires,
shootings, conflict and war, political
firestorms .. very unnerving.
We keep praying ..
2,699
posted on
02/13/2010 1:23:20 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
2,700
posted on
02/13/2010 1:28:44 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
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