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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: Freedom'sWorthIt
I know ... the sense of something
impending is looming heavier ... keep
praying.... ;)
2,741
posted on
02/13/2010 7:15:20 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
To: JustPiper; Candor7; All
It is beginning to look as if the obama administration is setting a wicked, wicked trap for Israel.
First: Leon Panetta makes a “super secret” trip to Kenya.
He has “secret” meetings with odinga, bam’s cousin and murderous muslim bastard.
The US is suddenly asking Israel for an advanced Israeli technology transfer that under previous administrations didn’t need asking for and they want it NOW. Before, it was offered.
Hizbullah is being rearmed and equipped. Hamas is receiving US funding.
Clinton was supposed to leave for Qatar the day billy had his “emergency heart procedure” but it was postponed for a couple of days. Her itinerary was to appear before the Arab summit. She is in Israel to discuss Iran, ostensibly. But the US is applying more and more pressure on Israel even as Iran becomes more belligerent.
The US has announced a nuclear technology transfer to Jordan, while refusing spare parts to Israel to upgrade their Apaches. They have refused Israel’s request for F-22s.
This morning bam sends a “brotherly greeting” to his fellow “57 staters” muslims without any press fanfare as is usually the case before and after.
NOW, Kenya has “requested” Israel’s help to deal with jihadis, (friends of the muslim odinga.) They have asked Israel to train their army to fight the terrorist jihadis whereby they would learn Israel’s techniques for dealing with them, and possibly opening a backdoor for the Qaeda in Somalia to hit Israel from the south.
The noose is tightening around Israel. bam is helping them do it.
obama is a jihadi. Period.
2,742
posted on
02/13/2010 7:22:22 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: MestaMachine
Rubbin it in, are ya?Well, maybe just a bit. However, come July you'll be MUCH more comfortable where you are!
2,743
posted on
02/13/2010 7:39:08 PM PST
by
azishot
(J.D. Hayworth...U.S. Senator FOR Arizona)
To: MestaMachine; ExTexasRedhead
The noose is tightening around Israel. bam is helping them do it. obama is a jihadi. Period.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Israel has India, Canada and Astralia as close allies.Obama can play all the noose games he wants, he will get his in the end.
Watch waht Dick Cheny says about all this tommorrow mornig. Obama isabout to get another new @$$ hole.And Obama will no longer "control"Isreael as a result. Israel will act on its own regardless of what Obama wants.Obama failure.
2,744
posted on
02/13/2010 7:39:34 PM PST
by
Candor7
(((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
To: MamaDearest; FARS; Jet Jaguar; TigersEye; Godzilla; appalachian_dweller; WestCoastGal; Oorang; ...
February 13, 2010
Warning: Terror Chatter Increasing On The Internet
(this was posted but in case you missed this warning)
U.S. Intel Officials Seeing Spike in al Qaeda-Linked Internet Chatter Focused on Ways to Thwart Airport Security. CBS News has learned that U.S. Intelligence officials are seeing a marked increase in terror-related Internet chatter with a frightening focus: Jihadists bent on finding gaps in airport security all linked to al Qaeda in Yemen, reports CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/blog/id.4527/blog_detail.asp
2,745
posted on
02/13/2010 7:58:07 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: amom; LucyT; COBOL2Java; bitt; Kimberly GG; Grammy; mills044; LadyJMayo; MoochPooch; azishot; ...
If you would like to be added to my TM pinglist or removed just email me
2,746
posted on
02/13/2010 7:59:19 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: MestaMachine
2,747
posted on
02/13/2010 8:03:15 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: MestaMachine; All
2,748
posted on
02/13/2010 8:07:15 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
Jihadists bent on finding gaps in airport security...Swell. I'll bet they don't have to look very hard at all. Can you tell that I don't have much faith in our Homeland Security?
2,749
posted on
02/13/2010 8:09:43 PM PST
by
azishot
(J.D. Hayworth...U.S. Senator FOR Arizona)
To: STARWISE; caww
2,750
posted on
02/13/2010 8:10:39 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: Candor7
I didn’t say Israel would fall for it. I am saying I wondered what the hell Panetta was doing in Kenya. And now all the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place.
2,751
posted on
02/13/2010 8:10:51 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
To: Candor7
“Israel will act on its own regardless of what Obama wants.”
They & we know BO has abandoned them, before he was even elected! Bastage!
2,752
posted on
02/13/2010 8:11:52 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: azishot
2,753
posted on
02/13/2010 8:12:59 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: MestaMachine
I agree with your analysis. But the only thing Obama will succeed in doing is losing any control he has over Israel.
If the USA is not an ally of Israel, Israel will have no duty to consult the USA on policy.
Looks like Israel will hit Iran. Hard.
2,754
posted on
02/13/2010 8:13:49 PM PST
by
Candor7
(((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
To: JustPiper
2,755
posted on
02/13/2010 8:15:04 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
To: JustPiper
Thanks, JustPiper. We don’t fly much anymore but trust me when I say that when we do I scope out EVERYONE! Flying is a chore, anymore.
2,756
posted on
02/13/2010 8:22:22 PM PST
by
azishot
(J.D. Hayworth...U.S. Senator FOR Arizona)
2,757
posted on
02/13/2010 8:22:39 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: rdl6989
2,758
posted on
02/13/2010 8:24:26 PM PST
by
azishot
(J.D. Hayworth...U.S. Senator FOR Arizona)
To: JustPiper
I think the Israelis should move a detachment to the border to observe and employ flights around southern Lebanon to see that there is a massing of troops and military hardware on the border
2,759
posted on
02/13/2010 8:24:52 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: azishot
Yes, the ROP strikes again.
2,760
posted on
02/13/2010 8:27:17 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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