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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat Thread Thirty-Two (Index) Yahoo News : Yahoo Images : News Hotlinks The Threat Matrix The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger. "Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix." We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 1/30/05 - Al Alamara, Amman, Az Zubaya, Baghdad, Basra, Kurdish Suleimaniya, Najaf, Sadr City, Tehran BREAKING: Iraqi Elections End - Elections Secondary to American Liberation of Iraq BREAKING: Al Alamara - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom. BREAKING: Al Alamara - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom. BREAKING: Az Zubaya - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom BREAKING: Baghdad, Iraq - Iraqis liberated by America and Pres. Bush vote in Freedom BREAKING: Basra, Iraq - Iraqis liberated by America and...

MP's wife introduced him to Saddam sympathiser, writes CAMERON SIMPSON and AARON HICKLIN GEORGE Galloway first met the shadowy figure of Fawaz Zureikat through his Palestinian wife. The fateful meeting was to propel the man who goes under the soubriquets of "Gorgeous George" and the "MP for Baghdad Central" into one of the biggest crises of his colourful career. Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad, 36, a Jerusalem-born scientist who married Mr Galloway in a secret ceremony in London in February 2000, had gone to the same university in Jordan as Mr Zureikat. Mr Zureikat's name first surfaced in a letter from Mr...

A Jordanian business man, Fawaz Zureikat, whose name was revealed yesterday as an allegedly business intermediary between Labour member of Parliament George Galloway and Saddam Hussain's regime, has been detained in Amman. George Galloway MP, a familiar face to Arab public, is at the top of the news once again, but this time as having been, allegedly, on the pay-roll of Saddam Hussain's regime, at least since 2000. The allegations, claimed to have been uncovered in "secret documents" found by a reporter in two charred boxes at the first floor of the looted foreign ministry in Baghdad are many and...

AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan charged 16 Islamic militants on Sunday with plotting terror attacks, including strikes against the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Amman. The suspected cell members were detained between August and September, but details about the allegations against them, surfaced only after they were charged at the office of Jordan's military prosecutor. One of the suspects remains at large. The men, led by 50-year-old Jordanian Abed al-Tahawi, were charged with conspiring to carry out the attacks and illegal possession of automatic weapons, a court official said. A military prosecutor accused the defendants of plotting attacks against the U.S....

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AMMAN (AFP) - Two Jordanians were charged here with planning to carry out attacks on diplomats in the country, according to their charge sheet. In a separate case, another man was accused of having links with fellow Jordanian Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, considered to be the leader in Iraqof Osama bin Laden 's Al-Qaeda terror network. Student Khaled Abdelrahman Jibran, 20, and shop employee Abdelhamid Ezzat Mahmoud Yassin, 31, were charged by the state security court prosecutor with "conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts." They were also charged with planning "military operations against foreign diplomats as revenge on their countries for...

AMMAN (AFP) - A Jordanian border policeman opened fire at the King Hussein bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank, causing no injuries, Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khodr said. "A bullet was fired by a Jordanian policeman but no one was injured and an investigation is underway to determine what happened exactly," Khodr told AFP. Khodr said she was unable to give further details pending the results of the investigation. Her remarks came after Israel's Channel Two television reported that a Jordanian policeman opened fire towards an Israeli delegation waiting at the King Hussein bridge, otherwise known as Allenby....

Jordan's King Abdullah revealed on Saturday that vehicles reportedly containing chemical weapons and poison gas that were part of a deadly al Qaeda bomb plot came from Syria, the country named by U.S. weapons inspector David Kay last year as a likely repository for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. "It was a major, major operation. It would have decapitated the government," King Abdullah told the San Francisco Chronicle. Jordanian officials estimated that the death count could have been as high as 20,000 - seven times greater than the Sept. 11 attacks. Abdullah said that trucks containing 17.5 tons of explosives...

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military prosecutor has charged three Iraqis with plotting terror attacks against American and Israeli targets in the kingdom with rockets and hand grenades, government officials said Friday. The Iraqis — two in Jordanian police custody and one at large — will be tried in the military State Security Court soon, the officials said in announcing that the alleged plot was uncovered and foiled in October. The indictment against the men did not say what exactly the men intended to target. The men were arrested Oct. 12, when their vehicle — with the weapons concealed in it...

Oct. 13, 2003 Ministers steer clear of 'Geneva' deal By GRACE B. MCMILLAN Not a single minister in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet is expected to support the Geneva Initiative hammered out over the weekend by a team of Israeli leftists and Palestinians in Amman. Former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, who initiated the plan, had expressed hope of attracting support from Shinui and Likud MKs. The two sides in Amman agreed to bring the deal to their governments for approval. But Shinui leader Yosef (Tommy) Lapid released a statement criticizing the initiative and National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Partitzky, who considers...

A US official at the American embassy in Amman told Albawaba Wednesday that a ‘temporary’ American diplomat was involved in shooting attack Tuesday night in one of the Jordanian capital’s streets. The embassy’s press attaché, Justin H. Siberrel, said the incident took place around 11 PM Tuesday night near the third circle at Jabal Amman. He confirmed the diplomat was unharmed and in good health. Siberrel, however, declined to reveal the diplomat’s identity. The US attaché avoided speculations about the motives behind the attack, indicating that investigations by the Jordanian security services are underway.

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/3/03 - Rescues, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Arbil, Umm Qasr BREAKING: Freed behind Enemy Lines - POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch BREAKING: Freed in Az Zubaya - Black Watch BREAKING: Baghdad - Republican Guard palace + BREAKING: Najaf - cache of Iraqi weapons from Saddam's military school BREAKING: Nasiriyah - Battle lines BREAKING: Nasiriyah - captured Iraqi military base BREAKING: Nasiriyah - WMD-suits, masks and ammunition which were found at military installation BREAKING: Nasiriyah - freed Iraqi bedouins BREAKING: Arbil - Atropine injectors left by retreating Iraqis BREAKING: Halabja - New sheriff in town...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/31/03 - Strike Videos, Baghdad, Basra, Umm Qasr, Dohuk, Qushtapa UNDERREPORTED COALITION GAINS Baghdad - shock and awe incrementally applied South Iraq - Russian antitank 'technology' used against American heroes Basra - Exodus at Basra- fleeing Iraqis slaughtered by Saddam's forces Basra - Checkpoint of Freedom at Basra Az Zubaya - British Light Infantry distributes aid Najaf - homocidal bomber in a taxi kills four American heroes Umm Qasr, RFA Sir Galahad arrives Umm Qasr, Royal Marines rock Chamchamal - chemical protection kit found in bunker after Iraqis abandoned their position Dohuk...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/19/03 Part 2 - GR7s over Iraq, Iraq Parliament, Amman, Aziz, Iran Prisoners, Kuwait, Desert Rats, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Royal Harrier GR7s over Iraq BREAKING: USS Harry S. Truman BREAKING: the USS Theodore Roosevelt BREAKING: Kuwait, Desert Rats BREAKING: Iraq Parliament - Almost Free at Last BREAKING: Amman - watches BREAKING: Tariq Aziz - With the Fishes or Defects? BREAKING: Iran - Prisoners and ?WMD exchange ========= Iraq ========= Views from a Royal Air Force Harrier jet over the oil fields of southern Iraq early in the...

<p>WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda is not just in northern parts of Iraq outside of Saddam Hussein's control, but is actually operating in Baghdad, the deputy secretary of state told a Senate panel Thursday.</p> <p>Offering a startling and cryptic preview of some of the intelligence information the Bush administration is expected to provide to the U.N. Security Council next week, Richard Armitage cited a specific case of Al Qaeda's recent activities originating from the Iraqi capital.</p>

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/29/03 - Jarf el-Nadaf, Gaza, Sulaymanyah, Paris, Porto Alegre BREAKING: Jarf el-Nadaf - Hopeless, lost UN Weapons Inspectors BREAKING: Gaza - Terrorist explosions at home BREAKING: Sulaymanyah - No more Halabjas BREAKING: Beit Hanoun, Gaza - Ballistic missiles launched at Israel from bridges (US media silent) USS Nassau, Amman, Beirut, Berlin, Khan Younis, Rafah, Sidon, Paris, Porto Alegre =========== Baghdad =========== UN weapons inspectors beg for help and directions from Saddam's "Monitoring Directorate" after they got lost on their "inspection" visit to Jarf el-Nadaf, south of Baghdad. Joint "inspection" by the Iraqi...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/10/03 - al-Qaim, Baghdad, Beji, Diala, Jurf al-Sakhr, Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory, Camp New York, Diala, Amman, London BREAKING: Inspection @ al-Qaim phosphate plant BREAKING: Inspection @ Al-Motaseem factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Natural Gas Establishment BREAKING: Inspection @ al Daje, at the al Fikar missile factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Jurf al-Sakhr BREAKING: Inspection @ Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory BREAKING: Camp New York, Kuwait BREAKING: London, ricin Diala, Amman ========= al-Qaim phosphate plant, Iraq ========= At al-Qaim phosphate plant, ~250 miles east of Baghdad, inspection by chopper. ========= Baghdad ========= In Baghdad, Iraq,...

AMMAN, November 27 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - U.S. Consul Les Hickman has been "relieved of his responsibilities" amid an investigation into embezzlement involving a visa scam at the U.S. embassy in Amman, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, November 27. The probe - the first of its kind in Jordan - is focusing on "large sums of money" paid by individuals for visas to the United States, which has restricted the entry of foreigners following last year's attacks, the sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Hickman, consular chief and first secretary at the U.S. embassy in Amman since July 2000, will be...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/29/02 - Amman, Ariel, Beit Zarzir, Ossuary, Irbil, Bagram, Kabul, Kandahar BREAKING: Amman, Jordan - Islamic terrorism and murder, BREAKING: Ariel, Israel - Islamic terrorism and murder, BREAKING: Beit Zarzir, Israel, el-Heib clan and Hezbollah, BREAKING: Israel - Ossuary found, Gaza, Irbil, Bagram, Kabul, Kandahar =========== Amman =========== BREAKING: new Islamic terror attack In Amman, Jordan, murdered by a terrorist(s), US diplomat Lawrence Foley, brutally shot in front of his Amman home In Amman, Jordan, prisoners were three days earlier returned from Iraq. Were any terrorists or criminals, and not just political...