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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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"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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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: Rushmore Rocks
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.
To: JustPiper
Learning about BO’s buggergate had me laughing all day yesterday. I tried to find a good comedy show to watch. Nothing could compete.
3,162
posted on
02/28/2010 1:18:32 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. [Geniuses don't pick their nose.])
To: JustPiper
3,163
posted on
02/28/2010 1:35:10 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. [Geniuses don't pick their nose.])
To: Rushmore Rocks
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.
To: JustPiper
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
3,166
posted on
02/28/2010 2:23:38 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
To: Rushmore Rocks
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
3,167
posted on
02/28/2010 2:28:46 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
To: MamaDearest; FARS; Jet Jaguar; TigersEye; Godzilla; appalachian_dweller; WestCoastGal; Oorang; ...
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
3,168
posted on
02/28/2010 3:40:12 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I won't fall in line against my beliefs~ I won't argue with you because my opinion differs)
To: JustPiper; MamaDearest; LucyT; WestCoastGal; hennie pennie
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.
3,169
posted on
02/28/2010 3:45:07 PM PST
by
Rushmore Rocks
(Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
To: Rushmore Rocks
“Thankis”.....a bit of brain fog here.
3,170
posted on
02/28/2010 3:46:54 PM PST
by
Rushmore Rocks
(Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
To: JustPiper
"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.
To: Moe Tzadik
It looks like a scuba diving apparatus.
3,172
posted on
02/28/2010 4:06:38 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: Rushmore Rocks
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.
To: Rushmore Rocks
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 .
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posted on
02/28/2010 6:56:09 PM PST
by
caww
To: JustPiper
“....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?????
3,175
posted on
02/28/2010 8:05:39 PM PST
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Kimberly GG
("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
To: JustPiper
Sorry, I see my mistake...it is Dick Armey who is doing the training.
3,176
posted on
02/28/2010 8:36:34 PM PST
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Kimberly GG
("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
To: JustPiper
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.
3,177
posted on
03/01/2010 1:23:36 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. [Geniuses don't pick their nose.])
To: Moe Tzadik
3,178
posted on
03/01/2010 12:57:46 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: MamaDearest; FARS; Jet Jaguar; TigersEye; Godzilla; appalachian_dweller; WestCoastGal; Oorang; ...
3,180
posted on
03/01/2010 1:01:27 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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