THREAT MATRIX 2010 #3

Free Republic Threat Matrix | May 2, 2010 | TM Crew

[MestaMachine]

There is no war as far as our president is concerned. There are no Islamic Terrorists, only a few rogue extremists. There is no REAL Jihad. Jihad is simply a "spiritual journey" to Allah, the most merciful. So he says. Islam, to his mind, has contributed so much to the world, after all, since Mohammed's slaughter of the Jews at Medina.
Judging by Obama's actions in the recent weeks and months, he no doubt would have agreed the Jews deserved what they got from the "religion of peace." He continues the onslaught in the name of "social justice" and "human rights"...for them. But not for us, US.
It isn't America that Islam despises, it is the Jews. And all we need do to remedy that is to turn the Jews over for just punishment...and they will love America for it. Peace would reign in the world if only America would stop its support of those wicked Jews in Israel.
Unfortunately, his view is not shared by Al Qaeda. Nor would it be shared by the satanic character of Mohammed who ordered the butchering of innocents to further his mad quest for power.
This is excerpted from the latest Al Qaeda screed from Yahya al-Libi:

Abu Yahya Al-Libi

All Americans Must Be Killed Even If They Capitulate

Top Al Qaeda leader Abu Yahya Al-Libi is out with a new, and particularly grim, tract comparing America to the Bani Quraidah, a Jewish tribe that once came into conflict with Mohammed, resulting in all the adult males being killed, and the women and children being taken as slaves, according to a mix of hadith and Quranic sources.

The takeaway from this 20-page work is rather specific and quite possibly a signpost to trouble ahead.
Al-Libi is arguing:

1) The harshest punishment is justified for those who ally themselves with the enemies of Islam, even if those people do not commit overt acts against Muslims.

2) That punishment, in the case of the Quraidah, was that all of the adult males were killed and all women and children taken as slaves. Al-Libi goes out of his way to point out that this punishment was meted out after the Quraidah surrendered.

3) The United States meets the same criteria for judgment as the Quraidah.

The expansion of the conflict here is in keeping with Al Qaeda's practices, although I don't recall seeing it stated so bluntly and justified so elaborately before.

Basically, Al-Libi is saying that every adult male American ought to be killed, whether or not they submit to the judgment of Muslims (meaning Al Qaeda, of course,) whether or not they have specifically taken up arms against Muslims, and whether or not they continue to be at war with Muslims.

Or, to use his words, they are to be killed "not just as a punishment for the crime which they have committed in the past" but "to cut off the very substance of their evil." He specifically includes prisoners taken on the battlefield in this category, although he takes pains to say that his point is much broader.

Something not right? Go with your gut. Report it.

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LAST 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 SIXTY

59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 FIFTY 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 FORTY

39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 THIRTY 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 TWENTY

19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 TEN 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 ONE

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[Oorang]

Thanks for the ping MestaMachine.

[MestaMachine]

Update on Wounded from Gaza Flotilla Operation
(Monday, May 31st, 2010)
6:15PM IL: Following is an update on some of the wounded in the Gaza flotilla naval commando operation, reporting both on military personnel and civilians. Six of the injured are IDF soldiers. 40 people remain hospitalized nationwide following the naval commando operation.

SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER AT TEL HASHOMER
Ten wounded received in the emergency room and trauma unit. Two of the seriously wounded are IDF soldiers, and a third is listed in moderate condition. Their injuries are from gunfire, stab injuries and blunt trauma.

The others are civilians, injured seriously and moderately. The hospital’s deputy director, Dr. Arnona Fek confirms 10 victims, all having undergone surgery. He lists them as one very serious, two serious, one moderate-to-serious, one moderate, one moderate-to-light. Injuries include blunt head trauma and gunfire.

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RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER
Another soldier arrived about an hour ago, Baruch Hashem with only light injuries. He returned to his base after the operation, but he began feeling something was wrong. He has a light skull fracture and was admitted, bringing the number of soldiers in that facility to three. Another is listed in light condition and one moderate.

BARZILAI HOSPITAL
Three civilians arrived in the Ashkelon Hospital, one Moroccan, one Greek, and the third an American. All appear in light condition with blunt trauma and soft tissue injuries. The American spoke with the media stating “I have bruises on my body but they will not let me show them to you”. An Israeli nearby shouted at him “Did you hit the soldiers?” to which he did not respond. They were taken away in a police car following treatment, most likely to the Beersheva Prison.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

[SevenofNine]

Look what I Found on UK Times for Tuesday runs they claim perhaps BRIT Muslums were on board

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7141223.ece

[MestaMachine]

Britain has all but formally renamed itself the islamic republic of england.
It is one of the most anti-Israel countries in the world.

[Cindy]

Thank you SevenOfNine for the ping.

[SevenofNine]

If I find more good stuff on UK papers I ping it LOL!

Yeah I am over UK papers right NOW

[SevenofNine]

With growing Muslum population with Prince Charley and his horse Camilla being future King and Queen of England I wouldn’t be suprise we see Camilla in burka that might be good idea LOL!

[SevenofNine]

Here something I found on Twitter

RodrigoBNO Al-Qaeda announced the death of one of the group’s top leaders, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid AKA Sheikh Saeed

mpoppel [BNO NEWS] AL-QAEDA SAYS TOP LEADER MUSTAFA ABU AL-YAZID IS DEAD (BULLETIN)

[Cindy]

Thank you.

[SevenofNine]

Here anaylsis from UK Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7790864/Gaza-aid-flotilla-what-is-the-blockade-and-why-did-Israel-impose-it.html

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

When Condi got pushy about Gaza, I and many others predicted that it would lead to disaster. But I must say that BO’s ‘brilliant’ diplomacy is just as ‘amazing’ as he promised it would be. It's stupefying.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Al-Mansour is a name to watch. I bet that name was posted a dozen times in this thread already. But ... Dr. Khalid al-Mansour was a founder of the Black Panthers. He was the man who got a low-grade student into Harvard [very unusual].

How Obama got into Harvard [Jack Cashill]
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=158901

The article adds: [quote] Sutton described al-Mansour as “the principal adviser to one of the world’s richest men.” The billionaire in question was Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. [snip]

It’s a fun read which also digs into Michelle Obama’s education.

[MestaMachine]

Condi came from a background that initiated her into the “down with the struggle” mentality. She equated palestinians with the pre-emancipation slave days.
Just folks yearning to “breathe free.” And she actually said it in one of her speeches during some smackdown trip to Israel...right before she went to smile at the black Christians being held in effing prison camps in sudan where she was far more upset about Andrea Mitchell being dissed by sudan’s poobah than she ever was about the slave trade coming out of there.
Hypocrite from the nasty hair on her head to the boots on her big feet.

[MestaMachine]

Just another muslim “charity:

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/01/gaza-clash-turkish-charitys-terror-links/

Gaza Clash: Turkish Charity’s Terror Links
June 1, 2010 - 10:11 AM | by: Ben Evansky
The United Nations Security Council can’t decide how to sanction Iran or punish North Korea over killing 46 South Korean Sailors in last month’s unprovoked attack on one of its submarines. But on Monday, the UN called an emergency session to take Israel to task over the boarding of a Turkish registered boat on its way to deliver aid to Gaza which led to at least nine deaths following violent altercations between Israeli forces and a significant number of armed protestors.

Yet the Turkish group that funded and ran the boat the Mavi Marmara, where the confrontation occurred is documented as having ties to terrorists, was named in federal court papers as playing a role in the failed millennium bomb plot and is named in a C.I.A. report in 1996 as having links to terrorist groups. The Foundation for Human Rights and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) is a Muslim charity and non-government organization (NGO) that was formed in 1992 with the goal of assisting Muslims in Bosnia. Since then it has branched out to many places including Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia and the Palestinian territories.

According to a report by the Israeli based Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, IHH is a “radical Islamic Organization with an anti-Western orientation.” Written by Jonathan Fighel, the report says “besides its legitimate philanthropic activities, it supports radical Islamic networks, including Hamas, and that at least in the past, even global jihad networks.”

Fighel’s report also notes that the C.I.A. report that was declassified in 2001 and titled “International Islamic NGOs and Links to Terrorism” states that the IHH had links with extremist groups in Iran and Algeria and was either active or facilitating activities of terrorist groups operating in Bosnia.

IHH’s Oguzan Ulas, told Fox News from its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey that his organization has “no relation to radical Islamic groups,” and that it was “a rubbish accusation.” Ulas blamed this on a smear campaign by the Israelis against his group. As to his organization’s support of Hamas he said that it disagrees with the U.S. government’s designation of Hamas as a terrorist group and that IHH “openly accepts Hamas.”

Steve Emerson, a leading terrorism expert, tells Fox News that IHH was banned by Israel in 2008 for its affiliation with Hamas and the so-called “Union of Good.” The Union of Good is a coalition of Islamic groups led by Muslim Brotherhood leader Yousef Al Qaradawi who has issued Fatwas calling for the killing of Americans and Jews.

Emerson who heads the Investigative Project on Terrorism points to U.S. Court documents which reveal IHH played “an important role” in the Millennium bomb plot. The Millennium bomb plot was foiled following the arrest of Ahmed Ressam who had planned to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport.

During Ressam’s trial, federal prosecutors called Jean Louis Brugiere, a French counter-terrorism expert and Magistrate, to testify. As part of his testimony he told the court that “The IHH is an NGO (non-governmental organization), but it was kind of a type of cover-up in order to obtain forged documents and also to obtain different forms of infiltration for Mujahideen in combat. And also to go and gather these Mujahideens. And finally, one of the last responsibilities that they had was also to be implicated or involved in weapons trafficking.”

According to court documents, he went on to say when talking about the cell involved in the Millennium plot that the apartment they used was “a conspiratorial flat.” All this was based on phone calls placed from that apartment “particularly to Turkey and Istanbul and I am talking about the IHH.”

IHH has offices in Gaza and the West Bank and according to reports in Israel has transferred money to Hamas in support of its goals. IHH leadership has also met with Hamas Chairman Khaled Mashal and other top Hamas leaders. Hamas is on the U.S. State Department list of designated terrorist organizations.

Emerson says IHH’s financial and political support for Hamas is “very troubling” and told Fox News that “it’s surprising that IHH has not been designated (as a terrorist group) by the U.S. government.”

Late last night the U.N. Security Council issued a Presidential Statement which condemned yesterday’s action and called for an investigation into yesterday’s events.

[rodguy911]

Thanks Arthur much appreciated. You guys here on the threat matrix are the best.

[MestaMachine]

Prime Minister Tells Soldiers: You are Heroes Netanyahu motorcade headed straight to Tel HaShomer Hospital after 12 hour flight from Canada.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the wounded soldiers from the 'Shayetet 13' Naval Commando Unit Tuesday. The soldiers were admitted to Rambam Hospital in Haifa Monday after suffering injuries from a violent mob while gaining control of the Turkish-sponsored terror-sympathizers' flotilla.

Netanyahu cut short a North American tour and canceled a meeting with United States President Barack Obama in order to return to Israel after the bloody maritime incident. Once his plane landed in Israel after the 12 hour return flight, Netanyahu's motorcade headed directly for Tel HaShomer Hospital where the wounded soldiers are being treated.

Netanyahu encouraged the soldiers and their families, saying: “This ship was not carrying people of peace. You are heroes and it is your courageous and single-minded action that saved your friends.”

First Sergeant O. told Netanyahu he was hit by a bullet in the abdomen. “The bullet went right through my stomach,” he said, pointing out the entry and exit wounds.

Netanyahu shook his hand warmly and said: “I am no doctor, but this is a painful and difficult experience, and I imagine you saved many people there – yourself and others.”

Wounded officer, Lt. D., told the Prime Minister that the people on board the ship grabbed the rappelling rope and tried to prevent the soldiers' descent, but the soldiers managed to overcome the obstacle. “I came down and the second I landed they shot me,” he said. “Immediately seven or eight militants jumped on me and started to beat me with metal rods. I was hit in the head and neck. Another man attacked me with a knife. At this point I lost consciousness for 45 minutes and when I woke up there was light already. My friends had come and rescued me.”

Another soldier in the elite unit, First Sergeant Y., told the Prime Minister that he was assaulted as soon as he reached the boat's deck and was thrown off the deck. As a result he is suffering from a seriously fractured skull. “I hope I can recover in time for the next IDF [physical fitness] championship,” he joked nonetheless.

Doctors said that Y.'s speedy recovery is a near miracle and that they believe he will be going home soon. (IsraelNationalNews.com)

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

They are indeed amazing. I just visit. =]

[MestaMachine]

http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk

ALL the videos pre and post the Mavi Marmara boarding on one page.

[MamaDearest]

Airline sorry for Bin Laden boarding pass image

British Airways has apologized for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden.

The company said Thursday that the image of the fake boarding pass appeared in LHR News, a biweekly publication for British Airways employees at London Heathrow airport.

"A mistake was made and we are working to find out how this occurred. Apologies for the error," British Airways said in Twitter messages replying to Tweeters who raised the issue.

I-19 in Arizona closed due to suspicious vehicle

Officers with the Department of Public Safety are investigating a suspicious vehicle on I-19 at Palo Parado Road which has prompted the closing of the Interstate.

Officer Mehr with DPS says that the incident involves a suspicious vehicle on the Interstate between Nogales and Tucson, southbound traffic is not restricted however northbound traffic has been closed. Units from the officers explosive ordnance team are also enroute to the scene.

Public health surveillance using emergency medical service logs - US - Mexico land border, El Paso, Texas 2009

Snip: During 2009, El Paso EMS made 50,779 calls, of which 898 (1.8%) were to the four border crossings. Of these 898 calls, 455 (50.7%%) met the alert criteria. Review of the alerts led to final diagnoses being requested for 86 (9.6%) patients. Reportable infectious diseases were identified in nine (10.5%) of the 86 patients, including pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (five cases), coccidiodomycosis, Legionnaires disease, and invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae; nonreportable infectious diseases (e.g., urinary tract infection, bronchitis, osteomyelitis) were identified in 31 (36.0%); and a noninfectious condition in 46 (53.5%) (Table). Reportable infectious diseases were clustered in the fall, coinciding with the H1N1 epidemic (Figure).

During the same period, 295 notifications in QARS involved the jurisdiction of the El Paso Quarantine Station. Of these, 27 (9.1%) were from CPB officers at the four POEs covered by El Paso EMS. Among those 27 patients, two (7.4%) had reportable infectious diseases (tuberculosis, Hansen disease), 15 (55.6%) had nonreportable infectious diseases, and 10 (37.0%) had noninfectious conditions. Only two (2.3%) of the 86 travelers for whom a final diagnosis was requested and none of the nine patients with reportable infectious diseases were reported to the El Paso Quarantine Station by CBP.

[bitt]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528758/posts

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