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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 Qaeda’s 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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Threat Matrix: Since November 3, 2003
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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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"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts. |
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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: TWhiteBear
It did, a few times but I am glad you posted!
2,841
posted on
02/16/2010 12:51:39 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
2,842
posted on
02/16/2010 1:03:50 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
To: JustPiper
Stunning to see all that in one place.
The Communist and Muslim infiltration of this government is so deep not a single soul will stand up.
So much for “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic.” Even that has been subverted and rendered meaningless.
To: JustPiper; Cindy; Oorang; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT; blackie; caww; ExSoldier; appalachian_dweller; ...
To: Moe Tzadik
So much for “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic.” Even that has been subverted and rendered meaningless. Every red-blooded American who loves this nation expects those elected to public office to love our nation and the tenets upon which it is based as much as we do. The oath they took might as well have been to a exercise club contract than to our beloved Constitution. They refuse to uphold immigration laws for instance, giving away freely what American workers have paid into all their lives.
Redistribution of wealth is a democrat party means of bringing middle-class Americans to their knees in submission.
To: MamaDearest
Maybe the sheeple will wake up and smell the Liberals in the White House and in this Congress that are making us vulnerable to our enemies.
2,846
posted on
02/16/2010 4:53:14 PM PST
by
ExTexasRedhead
(Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
To: MamaDearest
I see we just keep on getting more of the same..Islamic thugs,(male and female)..transporting bomb materials, being let loose so they can do it again and over and over and over again....I am sooooooooooooo sick of this I’ll soon be numb to it! Then it’ll be just another day in America...and we’ll keep on holding back our officers from doing their jobs by stupid and idiotic laws...no wonder people are feeling unsafe and angry...I’m fast getting there!
2,847
posted on
02/16/2010 4:55:08 PM PST
by
caww
To: Moe Tzadik; All
To: MamaDearest
You are BACK!
To: caww
Would be good to get some guidelines how Israelis handle it, it’s everyday life for them
To: JustPiper
We are not Israel...yet. But the same threat is certainly here now. I cannot accept that our own people cannot come together and fight this...I won’t accept that. We,ve got the extreme wrong side in our Gov. and it will and is growing because of Bo and his administration. The only hope we have is to out them all and get in those who understand the Islamic threat......and they’ll need lots of money to protect themselves when and if they speak out and fight against this...Geert comes to mind who has to have 24/7 proteccction as his life is constantly being threatened.
2,851
posted on
02/16/2010 10:44:58 PM PST
by
caww
To: MamaDearest
Thanks for ping - I’m back home finally - now one of the dogs is sick from the kennel. :(
To: MamaDearest
Be careful out there and Be Ever Vigilant!!
To: caww; thouworm; All
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran's president says country installing more advanced centrifuges at main enrichment facility.
- Arabian Peninsula: AQAP in written statement dated 15 Jan: It is duty of our Muslim Ummah to declare jihad against infidels and the collaborators not only on land but at sea and in the sky. Crusader’s battleships are in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Red Sea, and American spy planes continuously violate the skies of the Arabian Peninsula. They have declared an open war on the people of Islam and now we have to declare an open war on crusaders and their treacherous collaborators.
- UK: Scotland Yard SO15 Detective warns of Mumbai style attack in London in early 2010 said: Before there has been speculation. Now we are getting what appears to be a definite plot to carry out a firearms attack on London.
- Yemen: Heightened threat level due to al-Qaeda developments
- Germany: Growing threat of attack in Germany and against German interests worldwide from al-Qaeda, Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and Taliban.
- EU: Growing al-Qaeda threats against EU, possible indicators of coming attack
Courtesy of
Western Powers Target Iranian Oil Exports
Iran is considering possible means of protecting itself from ballistic missile strikes, the nation's Fars News Agency reported last week (see GSN, Dec. 16, 2008)."Given the type of enemies' capabilities, we are planning and designing for confrontation against the threats posed by ballistic missiles," Gen. Hassan Mansourian said in an interview."We have been contemplating fully repelling all types of air and space threats against Iran," he added.
"We are trying to give the necessary depth to our defense capability in order to make the enemies face different layers of resistance before they reach their targets and to disrupt the thinking plans of the (enemy) pilots and of those who design these plans," Mansourian stated.Israel has reportedly conducted exercises simulating airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. "We have considered special measures for safeguarding nuclear centers such as Tehran, Isfahan and other sensitive and vital centers," according to Mansourian
Iran Could Seek Ballistic Missile Defenses
Iran – Eyewitness to a Revolution Continued
Why is Ahmadinejad Smiling?
To: JustPiper
......”It is noteworthy that Islam considers the world as its Ummah and overarches national boundaries. Hence, Islamic clerics feel free to issue fatwa and other adjudications regarding any person, groups or nations anywhere in the world”......
Therefore, and as we know, they will and do go after anyone , anywhere, they determine is a threat to them...the idea Islam recognizes no national boundaries is indeed significant as in their believe we are already theirs..they have already named the USA and claimed it.
2,856
posted on
02/17/2010 1:49:55 PM PST
by
caww
To: JustPiper
Another declaration of War and our Gov. is silent!......
dated 15 Jan:....” It is duty of our Muslim Ummah to declare jihad against infidels and the collaborators not only on land but at sea and in the sky. Crusader’s battleships are in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Red Sea, and American spy planes continuously violate the skies of the Arabian Peninsula. They have declared an open war on the people of Islam and now we have to declare an open war on crusaders and their treacherous collaborators.”....
2,857
posted on
02/17/2010 1:55:04 PM PST
by
caww
To: caww; Free ThinkerNY; GiovannaNicoletta; All
To: Gabrial; MestaMachine; caww; All
To: Morgana; All
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