Threat Matrix: 2010

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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.

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[hennie pennie]

My family's heartfelt prayers that your son returns swiftly and safely, and that his parents find true joy in his arrival home.

Please take care of YOU, RR -- what a horrifically stressful day you've had.

Thank G-d your son is alive and soon to arrive back home in the Black Hills.

Please keep us all updated.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Learning about BO’s buggergate had me laughing all day yesterday. I tried to find a good comedy show to watch. Nothing could compete.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

N. Korea Provided Raw Uranium To Syria (Iran) In 2007: Sources
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460907/posts

Muslim leader implodes on air
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=126500
Key critic of Rep. Sue Myrick exposed as radical by radio jock

‘Smart meters’ vulnerable to terrorists
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=126450
Controversial technology can be hijacked ‘to cause blackouts’
—London Daily Mail

[WestCoastGal]

Oh my - thank God he is alright.

I can’t imagine a quake that big - I think 7.1 was my limit in California and that has scarred me for life. Darn things are more frightening than people can imagine!

I hope the airport is open soon.

[blackie]

Interesting stuff...

[JustPiper]

Good one on the uranium

This one is scarey:

Iran says can cut energy to Europe, hit enemies

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2461004/posts

[JustPiper]

God Bless RR, had no idea he was in that beautiful country. So glad he’s OK, prayers for his rapid & safe return home honey

[JustPiper]

I wish this could reach the millions of voters it will take to STOP this from the results at the end of this POWERFUL POWERPOINT! We have little to go!

This is what apathy Gets You

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thank you all so very much for your thoughts and prayers.

After another very long day on the computer and satellite phone, we finally got our son on a small commuter flight out of Santiago. He is now in Montevideo, Uruguay for two days of meetings. Hopefully, he will be home on Wed.

He told us that when the earthquake hit, he thought (in a dream state) that his toddlers were jumping on his bed. After he finally fully awoke, he thought he had a bit too much wine tasting.....when he was literally thrown from his bed, he knew it was an earthquake.

He said that the government in Chile is doing a rather remarkable job handling this disaster. It is probably the best and most progressive country in South America.

One very sad note.....one of the wood production mills we have been dealing with (they were situated right on the coast) is gone. Their sawmill was only 50 yards from the beach.

Thankis again for caring.

[Rushmore Rocks]

“Thankis”.....a bit of brain fog here.

[Moe Tzadik]

"Israel Post Office Distributes a Different Mask"

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136247

(IsraelNN.com) The Israel Postal Company chose Sunday, the day most of the country celebrated the joyous holiday of Purim, as the day on which it began its distribution of gas masks to the nation's residents, ranging from infants to adults.

[rdl6989]

It looks like a scuba diving apparatus.

[MamaDearest]

One very sad note.....one of the wood production mills we have been dealing with (they were situated right on the coast) is gone. Their sawmill was only 50 yards from the beach.

I pray the people who owned, worked for and lived near the mill survived. It's awesome your son will be home on Wednesday. Bet he'll be reliving this for some to come and filling you in on details only those who experienced it could know.

[caww]

Grateful your son got out uninjured...and your concerns now calmed. No doubt you will be more than happy seeing him back in the states once again. I’m sure he’ll be equally as glad.

Yes, and I’ve heard good things about Chili and the people as well. It is a country I would like to visit one day. I hear it is quite beautiful.

Sorry about the loss of the Mill there but I’m certain the people will work at getting things back all in due time. Hopefully they’ll have another site to rebuild on that isn’t so close to the water there.

Thanks for sharing this with us...am priviledged as others that you shared here .

[Kimberly GG]

“....about Grover Norquist and how he has enabled Islamic supremacists to gain access to the highest levels of the U.S. government (as well as to blunt any critique of the global jihad that might have been offered at CPAC”

Grover Norquist? Isn’t this the same guy I just read is doing leadership training for Tea Party?????

[Kimberly GG]

Sorry, I see my mistake...it is Dick Armey who is doing the training.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

That nutbar regime in Iran would do anything to jack up oil prices. Sure, he’d take out energy sources to that one end alone. Long term? An impoverished world uses less energy. I hope one brain cell remains.

[JustPiper]

JUST wow

[JustPiper]

Exclusive: BREAKING NEWS: Army Discharges Four of the Fort Jackson Five

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5618/pub_detail.asp