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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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 daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

Home grown Islamists may hit US: FBI chief
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WASHINGTON -- The United States could be attacked by "home grown" Islamist terror groups, the FBI's chief has warned.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the London Financial Times newspaper in an interview published Thursday that the United States could face attacks from "home-grown terrorism" very similar to the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people and wounded another 700, Mueller said.

When asked if the United States could face such attacks from "home-grown groups", Mueller answered emphatically: "Absolutely, it could," the Financial Times said.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051026_3161.html


Soldier Dies in Vehicle Accident; Terrorists Killed in Firefight

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2005 – A U.S. soldier was killed in a vehicle accident near Camp Bucca in southern Iraq on Oct. 25, military officials reported today.
The soldier's name is being withheld pending next of kin notification, officials said.

In other news from Iraq, Task Force Baghdad soldiers killed three terrorists and detained one insurgent suspected in drive-by shooting attacks Oct. 25, officials in Baghdad reported today.

The terrorists, driving a white sedan, were suspected of several small-arms fire attacks on U.S. and Iraqi security forces over the last few days. Officials said around noon Oct. 25, an Iraqi police van transporting prisoners to the Abu Ghraib detention facility came under small-arms fire in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood in western Baghdad.

One guard was killed, five were wounded and at least two prisoners were wounded when the bus veered off the road and rolled onto its side, officials said.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, responded to treat and evacuate the wounded.

Iraqi police spotted the white sedan with four occupants wearing black masks fleeing the scene of the attack. The white vehicle and its occupants were spotted again about an hour later when they fired on Iraqi army forces near the same area, officials reported.

Three hours later in the Khadra neighborhood, soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, spotted the terrorists again and gave chase. The terrorists responded with gunfire and a firefight broke out, which resulted in the killing of two terrorists and the wounding of a third, who was immediately transported to a military medical treatment facility where he later died from his wounds, officials reported. A fourth terrorist was detained.

The vehicle was loaded with three AK-47 assault rifles, a Romanian machine gun, a 9 mm pistol, a fragmentary grenade, 12 AK-47 magazines loaded with ammunition, and more than 150 rounds of linked machine-gun ammunition, officials said. In Taji, north of Baghdad, Task Force Baghdad soldiers discovered a large weapons cache while conducting combat operations Oct. 24, officials said.

The cache contained more than 120 mortar rounds, 49 tank and artillery rounds, eight cases of small-arms ammunition, dozens of rockets, three boxes of mortar fuses, a rocket-propelled grenade warhead and two anti-aircraft gun barrels, officials noted.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, which is attached to 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, excavated the stockpile of weapons.

An explosives ordnance disposal team destroyed the cache to prevent its use against coalition and Iraqi forces. Task force soldiers detained 12 individuals for further questioning about the weapons cache.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Task Force Baghdad news releases.)


Related Site:
Multinational Force Iraq

[Cindy]

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051026_3162.html


Al Qaeda Facilitator Likely Dead in Coalition Air Strike

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2005 – A coalition air strike that hit a terrorist safe house today in Ushsh, Iraq, likely killed a senior al Qaeda member who assisted foreign fighters in Iraq, U.S. officials in Baghdad announced.
Intelligence sources indicate that Abu Dua, who helped Syrians and Saudis enter Iraq to intimidate and kill Iraqi citizens, was in the house at the time of the strike. Dua was linked to other al Qaeda terrorists and facilitators in the Qaim, Karabilah and Husaybah areas. He also was a known close associate of Ghassan Amin, an al Qaeda member known as the "emir of Rawah." Amin was captured in May.

According to intelligence sources, Dua was connected to the intimidation, torture and murder of local civilians in the Qaim area. Dua held religious courts to try local citizens charged with supporting the Iraqi government and coalition forces. He would kidnap individuals or entire families, accuse them, pronounce sentence and then publicly execute them, U.S. officials said.

Dua's al Qaeda connections extended to Syria and Saudi Arabia, from where most of his foreign fighters were recruited. He set up and ran a system that funneled foreign fighters from Syria into the Qaim area. These fighters were then sent to local terrorist cells, where they attacked innocent Iraqi citizens and Iraqi security and coalition forces.

While Dua's body has not yet been recovered, the air strike effectively destroyed the building he was believed to be in, officials said. The type of munitions used and the timing of the air strike mitigated the risk to civilians in the local area, they added.

In other news from Iraq, two terrorists are dead and one is in Iraqi police custody following what appeared to be a failed suicide car-bomb attack on coalition forces Oct. 25.

Three people were seen in the vehicle before it exploded, officials said. One bomber was wearing a suicide vest, which apparently detonated early, killing the bomber and another occupant, while a third terrorist jumped from the moving vehicle in time to avoid being killed. Iraqi Police arrested the surviving insurgent. Iraqi explosive ordnance experts later cleared the scene.

An unreported number of wounded were evacuated for medical treatment, but no one besides the two terrorists was killed.

In the air war over Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 42 close-air-support and armed-reconnaissance sorties Oct. 25 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities, and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities. Coalition aircraft also supported Iraqi and coalition ground forces operations to create a secure environment for ongoing Transitional National Assembly meetings.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 performed an air strike against anti-Iraqi forces near Karabilah, expending precision-guided bombs.

Other U.S. Air Force F-16s and F-15s and British Royal Air Force GR-4s provided close-air support to coalition troops near Mahmudiyah, Basrah, and Sulaymaniyah.

In addition, 10 U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and Royal Australian Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Iraq. Also, U.S. Air Force and British Royal Air Force fighter aircraft performed in a nontraditional ISR role with their electro-optical and infrared sensors.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, and U.S. Central Command Air Forces Forward news releases.)


Related Sites:
Multinational Force Iraq
Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq
U.S. Central Command Air Forces

[Cindy]

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[nw_arizona_granny]

There was a caller to the KDWN Radio Who asked if there had been further news on the bombs found in Las Vegas?

Both of the hosts said "no, nothing further, the police is doing the investigation".

The report is, bombs were found in a house and in an apartment.

The caller, who said his information came from a friend at the Nellis Military Base at Las Vegas, then went on to describe a very large bomb, the type that goes under the belly of the plane, he called it a Napalm bomb and also talked of a strange biohazard-chemical being found, that the police do not know what it is.

From the conversation, there seems to be no doubt that bombs were found in a house and in an apartment.

The hosts, said they will put it on the list for the monthly program with the sheriff (next Wednesday, is the usual day).

I have not been listening to them in the mornings, so if it was discussed, may have missed it.

Only the size, being that it would take several men to have moved it into the house and the bio was a surprise to the hosts.

There you are, another half story.

WoW, this was a shock, and I only checked the first 2 pages, will have to go back to this one.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Bomb%20found%20in%20Las%20Vegas

http://news.google.com/news?client=googlet&q=Bomb+found+in+Las+Vegas&sa=N&tab=wn

There was also a caller about a "rat problem" in a Las Vegas High School, from the conversation, it is so bad the school or parts of it had to be closed.

I haven't googled the rats, but do know that i did hear part of the report last week on KDWN.

[Velveeta]

Here's the article that your computer couldn't open:

Islamists Dismiss Reports of Bin Laden's Death

26/10/2005
By Mohammed Al Shafey


London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Islamists dismissed recent reports on the death of Osama bin Laden “around four months ago”, with the Pakistani newspaper “Awsaf” reporting al Qaeda’s leader had died outside Qandahar in June 2005.

Quoting “informed” sources, the article alleged that bin Laden was hiding with a number of his followers in Bamiyan province when his health deteriorated and he was moved to Qandahar where he died and was buried in the “al Shahadah” tomb outside the city.

Repeated appearance by al Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al Zawahiri, on his own, in the last few months, added weight to the rumors, especially as bin Laden has not appeared in any video for over a year.

Muntasser al Zayat, a lawyer defending Islamist extremists in Egypt, told Asharq al Awsat, in a telephone conversation, that security precautions precluded bin Laden from communicating with the media, as al Zawahiri has in the past, adding that “security concerns require the men not to be in the same location”.

Less stringent security measures meant al Zawahiri was able to record and smuggle videotaped messages while fears for his life precluded bin Laden from appearing in public, especially as he might have had to change his physical appearance to avoid capture, al Zayat indicated.

‘No one can predict where bin Laden and al Zawahiri are currently living. I believe they are in the least expected place”, he said.

For his part, Hani al Sibai, head of al Maqrizi Center in London, indicated that, in case bin Laden dies, al Qaeda would announce a new leadership was in place and publicly back his successor as it had done when “the leaders of Afghan Arab fighters in the Caucus” Moahmmad Atef, also known as Abu Fahs, died in Qandahar in 2001.

Al Sibai indicated that al Zawahiri acknowledged the arrests of Abu Faraj al Libbi and Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi bin al Shibah so that, “if the reports on the death of bin Laden were true, al Qaeda would publicly announce his death.”

‘In my opinion, the disappearance of bin Laden after his last videotaped message in December 2004 is aimed at encouraging the US military to stop pursuing him”, he added.

[Godzilla]

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[Velveeta]

There was a caller to the KDWN Radio Who asked if there had been further news on the bombs found in Las Vegas?

Can't find anything on this yet. Will keep digging.

[nw_arizona_granny]

A couple days ago, a KDWN radio caller, was talking about the Canada Border and terrorists that might come across it.

He said that several large parcels of land had been sold on it to muslims and other enemies of ours.

This would not surprise me, as there should still be several large ranches in that area that would be saleable.

There would also be scrub land in large parcels that could be sold/bought.

Where I live, was once an almost useless ranch, or several of them, that make up the valley 19 miles across.

I have talked to Crystal (?) who talked her brothers into buying the valley and subdividing it after WW2, she said her family almost committed her, thought she was crazy, but 50 years later, her company was still selling land in this and other areas of Arizona.

I mention this area, to point out that the sales of large parcels of land are sold, with the plans for future development being far in the future, therefore, it would not be surprising to anyone.

A thought that bears thinking about, as a private owner of large parcels, you can have an airport, boats if on water, and travel at will, as you can "always be checking for cattle with your brand, that have crossed a line on the map.

I have seen the cattle come in from Mexico, in the 1970's, at Wellton, hundreds of them came to our place.

At first we thought we had struck it rich, penned them and called the Brand Inspector, LOL, he said they were from Mexico, as there had been a drought in the interior and the ranchers had moved them closer to the borders......AND, they were the same as people, prisoners of the Federal Government.

They came to us for almost a year, as we were the first homestead, 40 miles from the Mexican border. The Brand Inspector could be expected to have dinner with us several times a week....

[LibertyRocks]

Thanks! I'll try to look into that. I'm not seeing ANYTHING in the Google News search that's current about this. I wonder when it happened? It's very disturbing if it was a Napalm type bomb, especially combined with the reports of a biological/chemical agent possible. I can't imagine this investigation still being in the hands of the local LEOs if that is the case. I would assume JTTF, ATFE, or the FBI to have taken over the case - unless this happened this morning or something...

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for going after the article, LOL, now we know that OBL is either alive or dead and the reporter either knows the truth.......or he does not know.......

Many thanks......

[LibertyRocks]

Were you listening to the Mark Edwards/Ken Stahl "Snoozebusters" show? (The website says it runs till 8:30am) If so, I might email them and ask if they can provide any further information.

[freeperfromnj]

Terror Suspect Seeks Court's Help

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2005

(CBS/AP) "Dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla has asked the Supreme Court to limit the government's power to hold him and other U.S. terror suspects indefinitely and without charges.

The case of Padilla, who has been in custody more than three years, presents a major test of the Bush administration's wartime authority. The former gang member is accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive device......

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/27/terror/main985461.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=U.S._985461

[nw_arizona_granny]

The talk was a caller asking questions of the two hosts, so the fine details were not given.

The caller was sure he had accurate info, on that who knows?

But the hosts agreed that the "Police" were investigating, that was all they offered.

The caller is the one who used the large sizes and talked of it being the kind used in Nam.

I was surprised that my simple google turned up so many returns, as this is the kind of report that is not given out in Las Vegas, as the casino owners do not want the truth known about what goes on.

I have worked in two casinos and have watched them remove dead people, and even working there, could not find out what had happened.

Security will simply tell you " It is none of your business".

[freeperfromnj]

Israel troops arrest Islamic Jihad leader

10/27/2005, 10:16 a.m. ET
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
The Associated Press

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops entered this West Bank town Thursday and witnesses said they arrested a local leader of Islamic Jihad, pushing forward with an offensive against the Palestinian militant group following a suicide bombing that killed five Israelis.

About 35 jeeps, backed by Apache helicopters, entered Jenin in the afternoon, and troops surrounded the home of Abdel Khalim Izzadin. After a brief standoff, Izzadin and three other men surrendered to troops, witnesses said.

The army confirmed it had carried out an operation in Jenin, and said the troops were withdrawing.

Israel launched an offensive against Islamic Jihad earlier Thursday, a day after the suicide bombing at an outdoor market in central Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had promised a "broad and nonstop" response to the bombing.......

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/international-26/1130416442160292.xml&storylist=

[Velveeta]

ROFL.
You sure summed that up!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Mark Edwards/Ken Stahl "Snoozebusters"<<<

Laughing here, as Mark Edwards has not been on the Snoozebusters for over a year, it is now Ken and Hart Kirsch.

I doubt that you will get an answer, as the office is not noted for passing on messages, but go ahead and try it.

[LibertyRocks]

Well I can definitely see where the ah, "tourism" angle would be a big reason to keep something like this quiet for sure... I'm going to search local news sources and see if there is ANYTHING to be found!

BTW: I emailed the radio station as there was only one address listed for all the hosts and such. I'll let you know if anyone replies. (o:

[LibertyRocks]

LOL Thanks! Just going by what's still up on their website! (o;

[Velveeta]

Federal Agent Accused Of Exposing Self In Mall


A 49-year-old special agent-in-charge with the elite Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Central Florida was arrested on suspicion of exposing and fondling himself in front of a 16-year-old girl at the Mall of Millenia, according to Orlando police. (snip)
http://www.local6.com/news/5183009/detail.html

***ICE Agent-in-Charge***
Disgusting.