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Threat Matrix: 2010
Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
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Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

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.

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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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To: MamaDearest

TY M’Dear -g-


3,061 posted on 02/22/2010 9:25:08 PM PST by JustPiper (I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
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Iran Identifies Possible Enrichment Sites

Iran to 'hide nuclear plants inside mountains'

Syria Rules Out Further IAEA Access to Suspected Nuclear Site

Homeland Security chief says Muslim extremists at home are the main threat, but state and federal documents tell a different story
Americans Who Know Their Rights Are The Real Target Of Napolitano’s “Domestic Terror” Warning

How Designated Terror Organization al-Shabaab Targets Western Youth Submitted by Steve Emerson

3,062 posted on 02/22/2010 9:30:03 PM PST by JustPiper (I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
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To: RaceBannon; ETL; CDR Salamander; All

Big thanks to Bannon for bringing this to FR
Race Bannon's thread

Brand New Freeper who uncovered this! Welcome aboard Salamander & Big TY!
Salamander's Site

ETL's excellent post (also check out his homepage here, he is amazing)

Missile Defense Agency's New Obamanized Logo?

Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missiles to be Scrapped, U.S. Says


3,063 posted on 02/22/2010 9:46:06 PM PST by JustPiper (I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
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To: JustPiper

Thanks for the plug. As usual you will receive a check in about 3-4 business days. :)


3,064 posted on 02/22/2010 10:04:05 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: JustPiper; Cindy; LucyT; Oorang; Rushmore Rocks; ExSoldier; WestCoastGal; MestaMachine; PGalt; ...
Border shocker - radioactive material brought into US by covert agents

Snips: "In three states, the proximity of the road to the border allowed investigators to cross undetected, successfully simulating the cross-border movement of radioactive materials or other contraband into the United States from Canada." - Covert Operations Report 

GAO investigators identified numerous border security vulnerabilities, both at ports of entry and at unmanned and unmonitored land border locations between the ports of entry. In testing ports of entry, undercover investigators carried counterfeit drivers' licenses, birth certificates, employee identification cards, and other documents, presented themselves at ports of entry and sought admittance to the United States dozens of times.

They arrived in rental cars, on foot, by boat, and by airplane. They attempted to enter in four states on the northern border (Washington, New York, Michigan, and Idaho), three states on the southern border (California, Arizona, and Texas), and two other states requiring international air travel (Florida and Virginia).

In nearly every case, government inspectors accepted oral assertions and counterfeit identification provided by GAO undercover investigators as proof of U.S. citizenship and allowed them to enter the country. In total, undercover investigators made 42 crossings with a 93 percent success rate. On several occasions, while entering by foot from Mexico and by boat from Canada, covert investigators were not even asked to show identification.

For example, at one border crossing in Texas, an undercover investigator attempted to show a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer his counterfeit driver's license, but the officer said, "That's fine, you can go" without looking at it.

As a result of these tests, GAO concluded that terrorists could use counterfeit identification to pass through most of the tested ports of entry with little chance of being detected.

3,065 posted on 02/22/2010 10:09:31 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

Thank you for the ping Mama Dearest.


3,066 posted on 02/22/2010 10:13:19 PM PST by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest

And therein is lays the problem....the border agents are doing their work....

As a result of these tests, GAO concluded that terrorists could use counterfeit identification to pass through most of the tested ports of entry with little chance of being detected. not doing their jobs.


3,067 posted on 02/22/2010 10:14:24 PM PST by caww
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To: Cindy

You’re welcome Cindy. Thanks for your new threat thread too.


3,068 posted on 02/22/2010 10:21:06 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: caww
All the while Napolitano and Obama are planning on less border security!

DHS may scrap Border Patrol project

3,069 posted on 02/22/2010 10:25:07 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: JustPiper

Did I really need this news on the day Bo announces my health will be in endangered with his “bill”.

Terrorists in Pa...makes me want to investigate further...hummm. Have to get on a map and see just how close this group is to me...


3,070 posted on 02/22/2010 10:27:58 PM PST by caww
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To: MamaDearest

This is beyond words anymore...feels like we’re getting hammered left and right...Progressive/communist, Islam, Muslim terrorists, Hamas, Healthcare mess, Congress/Bo...not to mention the day to day kinks.

Is there anybody FOR the US citizen anymore!


3,071 posted on 02/22/2010 10:34:51 PM PST by caww
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To: JustPiper; CDR Salamander

CDR Salamander. Dont remember or no how your e-mail blast got to me, but thanks!

Know any old Marines involved in the Pendleton 8 ? :)


3,072 posted on 02/23/2010 4:26:41 AM PST by RaceBannon (OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
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To: All
SCIENTIST VANISHES WITHOUT TRACE [Chalk River Nuclear Facility, Canada]

The 41-year-old physicist, whose job entailed running experiments for the National Research Council, had just finished some work for a researcher overseas and left his findings on his desk, to be mailed later...,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2456359/posts

Sudden disappearance of Deep River scientist mystifies colleagues

Lachlan Cranswick hasn't been seen since Jan. 18, when he left work at the National Research Council's Canadian Neutron Beam Centre in Chalk River, northwest of Ottawa.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2456368/posts

Canadian Nuke Scientist Vanishes With 'Absolutely No Trace'

A Canadian nuclear scientist who has not been seen for more than a month has simply vanished, leaving "absolutely no trace at all," police say.

Lachlan Cranswick, 41, a physicist from the Chalk River Laboratories nuclear facility in Ottawa, was last seen on Jan. 18, when he left his job and boarded a bus to Deep River, his hometown along the Ottawa River with a population of roughly 4,300.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2457161/posts

3,073 posted on 02/23/2010 6:59:31 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: JustPiper

All of my 2nd Amendment friends have seen this.


3,074 posted on 02/23/2010 7:42:39 AM PST by blackie
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To: MamaDearest

The muzzies are taking over!


3,075 posted on 02/23/2010 7:44:28 AM PST by blackie
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To: All; fight_truth_decay
The TORONTO STAR reported that the police have already stopped searching for Lachlan Cranswick.

I was shocked that we didn't learn about him until one month after he disappeared.

Evidentally at least one person in Canada shares my shock, someone at WebSleuths posted a link to this Canadian Craigslist entry:

Australian Canuck MISSING Google Cranswick

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/rnr/1593696147.html

Australian Canuck MISSING Google Cranswick (missing)
Date: 2010-02-09, 5:54PM EST

check out his homepage .. specifically this page ...

http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/other-links.html

... the guy is a HUGE Canuck eventhough he's from Australia .. his disappearance is meriting only local coverage - out in Ottawa .. hello?? The guy's a nuclear scientist. Earth to Canada - come in please - reality check. Lachlan CRANSWICK .. think Cran Apples and The Brunswick House .. CRANS WICK .. (Lachlan) .. Lachlan CRANSWICK .. repeat it three times ...and tell the Star and the SUN and CP24 to repeat it three times (too)

. Less limelight on the TRENTON creep and more undivided attention on this kid. He's a shining light in Materials Analysis. Not nuclear proliferation but rather Materials Analysis .. more in-line with CSI. Something Canada is good at - and now Buddy is MISSING!

And read his webpage .. what a well-grounded individual.

Additionally he's not afraid to draw attention to scams and black ops. (He probably raised more than a few hackles) which is what good Canadians are supposed to do .. we ain't afraid of shit! This guy is an unsung hero in a lot of ways - I think you'd agree having browsed that link.

All the more reason for us to do the "Good Fearless Canadian Thing" and broadcast his disappearance - far and wide. And not get hung-up over that Trenton Creep. It's more or less a dead issue till the trial anyhow .. meanwhile .. this 'kid' is still MISSING. Location: missing

PostingID: 1593696147

3,076 posted on 02/23/2010 7:50:15 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: MamaDearest; All

Thanks very much for the ping. Thanks to all posters/linkers/researchers/educators. BTTT!


3,077 posted on 02/23/2010 8:52:45 AM PST by PGalt
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To: MamaDearest
OT but I had to show my global warming pic


3,078 posted on 02/23/2010 9:53:26 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: JustPiper

Ping Joe Brower.


3,079 posted on 02/23/2010 11:33:57 AM PST by blackie
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To: ETL

Thanks for my first laugh today :)


3,080 posted on 02/23/2010 12:06:19 PM PST by JustPiper (I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
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