Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - June 2006

[LucyT]

Thanks, sa, check this out:

Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport [Alex Jones]
Ottawa Citizen ^ | 6/8/06 | Laura Payton

Canadian authorities detained an American activist filmmaker at the Ottawa airport late Wednesday night, confiscating his passport, camera equipment and most of his belongings.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada agents stopped Alex Jones, whose films include Martial Law 9/11: The Rise of the Police State, and questioned him for nearly four hours before letting him go with only one change of clothes and telling him to return Thursday morning.

“It’s really chilling, like a police state,” said Mr. Jones of his detention.

Mr. Jones and his crew, camera operators Ryan Schlickeisen and Aaron Dykes, travelled to Canada to film a documentary about the Bilderberg group, a secretive group of former politicians and business leaders who are meeting in Ottawa this week.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646063/posts

Interesting and scary followup here:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/080606alexjones.htm

[Smartass]

Disgraceful how Alex Jones was treated, and handled by the Canadian government. If there was nothing to hide, they then had no reason to detain him. Therefore, they are concealing something. Alex Jones is not a terrorist, but he did expose the Bohemian Grovers, which is one and the same as the Bildergergs. Good, the more they hide themselves, the more inquisitive the people will become about this New World Order of thieves!

 

[Smartass]

Bilderberg to Meet in Canada

James P Tucker – American Free Press May 21, 2006

The secretive group known as Bilderberg will hold its annual secret meeting at the posh Brook Street Resort a few miles from Ottawa, Canada, June 8-11.

The location and part of the agenda was disclosed to American Free Press by a source inside Bilderberg’s inner circle.

High on the Bilderberg’s secret agenda this year are oil prices and the political upheaval in Latin America. When meeting last year in Rottach-Egern, Germany, Bilderberg called for dramatic increases in the price of oil. Oil prices started climbing immediately from $40 a barrel to $70.

Whether Bilderberg will call for still higher prices is unclear, but Henry Kissinger and others had gleefully anticipated ultimate prices at $150 a barrel a year ago. Bilderberg is certainly concerned about supply, which is related to the “Latin American problem,” as one insider said.

Approximately 120 international leaders in politics and finance will also discuss the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which has caused a rare breach between American Bilderbergers and their European counterparts since the United States Iraq invasion in 2003. Whether the United States should invade Iran is also high on the agenda.

Bilderberg is especially concerned about Venezuela, where as part of a plan to increase revenues from its petroleum industry President Hugo Chavez said May 7 he would impose a new tax on companies that extract oil from his country. Big Oil is represented at Bilderberg by Jeroen van der Veer of The Netherlands, chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Franco Bernabe of Italy, vice chairman of Rothschild Europe, among others. “We are going to create a new oil tax, called the tax on extraction,”

Chavez said. “The companies that are pumping oil in Venezuela are making a lot of money.”

Chavez accused foreign oil companies of exploiting his country’s vast petroleum reserves without paying sufficient taxes. Venezuela is the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter but has troubled oil barons by sending cheap petroleum to needy American families and subsidizing domestic use so local citizens pay 12 cents a gallon.

Venezuela has voided oil-pumping contracts with private companies at 32 fields and replaced them with a mixed-company model that gave Venezuela’s state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA a minimum 60 percent stake. Chavez has also sharply raised royalties and taxes, and reduced potential drilling acreage by almost two-thirds. He is also resisting expansion of NAFTA throughout the hemisphere, a prime Bilderberg goal.

Chavez’s outspoken criticisms of the United States make it unlikely that American Bilderbergers can help smooth over the supply problem. However, banker David Rockefeller’s family has always had a heavy interest in oil and other investments in South America.

President Bush will have a top White House aide representing him at Bilderberg, and high officials of the state, defense and treasury departments will attend. Heads of state and other high officials in government and banking will attend from Europe and Canada.

Bilderberg’s agenda also includes the turmoil in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, with an emphasis on Iran, North Korea and Pakistan, and global warming.

The Bilderberg group takes it name from the hotel in Holland where the group met in 1954, during the earliest period of its inception. Bilderbergers meet regularly, presumably on a once-a-year basis, at various locations around the world, always in extreme secrecy, often at resorts controlled by either the Rockefeller or Rothschild families. The Rothschild family is the leading European force within the Bilderberg Group, sharing its power with the American-based Rockefeller empire.

Bilderberg maintains an extremely low profile and seldom, if ever, publishes reports or studies for the public, at least, under its own official aegis. Participants denied the groups very existence for decades until it was forced into the open by the glare of media publicity, generated largely by the now defunct Spotlight newspaper.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/bilderberg_to_meet_in_canada.html

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Last updated 26/05/2006

 

 

 

[Cindy]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50569

"Congress to hold hearings into OKC bombing
Examining foreign connection to plot, including Arab terrorists"
Posted: June 9, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By J.D. Cash and Roger Charles
© 2006 McCurtain Daily Gazette

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In what some on Capitol Hill are calling a surprising decision, Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., has given the nod for hearings into the long-debated question of whether those responsible for the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building had help from any foreign source.

Spurred to action by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Hyde has given Rohrabacher's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee the wide-ranging authority to conduct interviews and subpoena documents related to the April 19, 1995, terrorist attack that left 168 dead, 19 of them children.

Interviewed Wednesday, Rohrabacher confirmed that his nearly two-year-long personal investigation into the Oklahoma City tragedy had finally received the necessary support for an official congressional investigation."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Bin+Rashid+al+Baghdadi%22&ie=UTF-8&filter=0

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http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2006/06/al-qaeda-has-already-named-abdallah.html


Thursday, June 08, 2006
"Al Qaeda has already named Abdallah Bin Rashid al Baghdadi, head of its shura council in Iraq, as Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s successor"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources reveal Western intelligence agencies dealing with terrorists in the region know nothing about the new man. Al Qaeda has already vowed to fight on after Zarqawi’s death in a statement on its web site."

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060405/asp/foreign/story_6059720.asp

"Ruthless Zarqawi kicked out"
RICHARD BEESTON

London, April 4:
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But his tactics have alienated many Iraqis, even those sympathetic to the insurgency. Azzam, whose father is known as the “prince of the Mujaheedin”, said that he was accused of “creating an independent group” in Iraq, “making political mistakes” and hijacking the Iraqi insurgency for his own cause.

The claims could not be confirmed, but they did add to mounting evidence that al Zarqawi has been increasingly isolated over the past months because of his ruthless tactics.

The council appears to have demoted al Zarqawi and replaced him with a relative unknown, Abdullah bin Rashid al-Baghdadi."

(THE TIMES, LONDON)

[Cindy]

stepping back in time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645964/posts


"The Zarqawi Node in the Terror Matrix: Linking the terrorists.(Oldie)"
National Review ^ | February 6, 2003 | Matthew Levitt

Posted on 06/08/2006 6:15:54 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah

[Cindy]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646098/posts


Iran launches new round of N-enrichment: IAEA
THE TIMES OF INDIA ^ | 09JUN06 | THE TIMES OF INDIA

Posted on 06/09/2006 1:16:59 AM PDT by familyop

NEW YORK: In what diplomats described as an attempt to strengthen its bargaining position, Iran launched a new round of nuclear enrichment as the Europeans were presenting a package of incentive in return for Tehran giving up its programme, the UN nuclear watchdog agency said.

In a report sent to the agency's 35-member board, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed Elbaradei said Iran had started feeding uranium gas (UF6 gas) into cascade of 164 centrifuge machines on Tuesday after a five-week break.

In addition, the report said Iran is also continuing the work of installation two more 164-machine cascades of centrifuges in which the gas is spun at high speed.

Diplomats said they were not sure of Iran's intentions but continuing its programme does show that Iran wants to ensure that the world does not get the impression that it stopped its uranium enrichment under pressure from the West and the United States.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html


http://www.google.com/search?q=%22cyber-raider%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=cyber-raider&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Turkhackerler%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=Turkhackerler&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d


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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22785
"Tampa GOP Cyber-Attack"
By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 9, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of the tell-tale signs of partiality towards terrorism is the exhibit of an intense hatred towards Jews and/or Christians. During Cyber-Raider’s hacks, the group has gone after both. On one hacked site, Cyber-Raider left the following message: “F--k the Denmark and Italy and Israel.” Denmark, of course, was a reference to the series of Mohammed cartoons that were published by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten [The Jyllands-Posten, itself, was hacked – from a site being hosted by a company based in Tampa.] The mention of Italy is most probably a reference to Italy’s monthly magazine, Studi Cattolici, which, according to a report in London’s Telegraph, “infuriated Muslims” by publishing a cartoon portraying Mohammed “cut in half and burning in hell.”

On another Cyber-Raider hacked site (in coordination with another hacker group, Turkhackerler), in keeping with the Mohammed cartoon theme, the following message was found: “FOR ISLAM FOR TURKEY… While All Islam World regard with reverence to your prophet and address him as Hz. ISA A.S (Christ) (putting a holy prefix in front of his name), You keep abusing, Islam’s almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech. No doubt, Hz. Isa (Christ) would hate your nation. Be G-d’s Curse on You!”

The question arises why this group would go after the TBYR site."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=oil
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iraq

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Thanks to Liberty Rocks for the ping to this post/thread:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646108/posts


"Gunmen kidnap senior Iraq oil official in Baghdad"
Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | June 9, 2006 | By Mariam Karouny

Posted on 06/09/2006 2:20:42 AM PDT by LibertyRocks

BAGHDAD (Reuters)

[Cindy]

UPDATE/RECAP:

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIST TRIUMPH IN MOGADISHU WORRIES SECURITY EXPERTS" by Patrick Goodenough (June 9, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE 'MAHAKEM AL ISLAMIYA' ARE CONNECTED TO AL QAIDA" by Walid Phares (June 7, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "SHARIA TRIUMPHS IN SOMALIA" (June 5, 2006)

FreeRepublic.com - Keyword: "SOMALIA"

TRAVEL.STATE.gov - Consular Information Sheet: "SOMALIA"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Mexico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=California
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=border
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=borders

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=UAE
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=UNITEDARABEMIRATES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=MALAYSIA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=BELGIUM
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=IRAN

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http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/06/08/pakistani-gets-over-12-years-for-exporting-military-parts-to-middle-east/


"Pakistani Gets Over 12 Years for Exporting Military Parts to Middle East"
June 08, 2006
Vox Populi, Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A 56-year-old Pakistani weapons trader who masterminded a high-profile illegal arms export scheme with two United States citizen partners was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison and three years probation for violating the Arms Export Control Act.

Arif Ali Durrani was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Larry A. Burns on charges stemming from an extensive investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) that began in 2004.

In March 2006, a federal jury in San Diego found Durrani guilty of multiple violations of the Arms Export Control Act, including four counts of exporting defense articles without a license and one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

“By vigilantly pursuing illegal arms dealers, particularly those with a history of selling U.S. military hardware to state sponsors of terrorism, ICE is helping to keep sensitive technology from falling into the wrong hands,” said Mike Unzueta, special agent in charge for the ICE office of investigations in San Diego. “Durrani is clearly an enemy of the United States and the sentencing judge saw that too.”

The evidence presented during Durrani’s trial established that the Pakistani national conspired with two Southern California arms dealers to illegally export millions of dollars in military aircraft parts from the United States to the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and Belgium, including some parts that were destined for Iran.

Durrani most recently resided in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, a beach community near the San Diego/Baja California border. His two co-conspirators, retired Navy officer George Budenz, 60, and Richard Tobey, 38, resided in Southern California. Both men pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Arms Control Export Act and are awaiting sentencing.

The illegal exports included temperature control amplifiers for the General Electric J85 turbine engine used on the F-5 fighter and other military aircraft; an afterburner hydraulic actuator for the J85 engine; and 1st Stage Turbine Nozzles for the Honeywell T55 engine used on the Chinook military helicopter.

Durrani was previously convicted in 1987 of violating the Arms Export Control Act by illegally exporting HAWK missile system components from the United States. After serving his criminal sentence he was deported from the United States in the late 1990s. Ultimately, he took up residence in Rosarito Beach and began orchestrating his illegal export business from Mexico."

[Cindy]

OPINION:

UPDATING post no. 565.

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http://terrortracker.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=332&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Posted by: Neil on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 12:32 PM

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi has assumed control of the al-Qaeda in Iraq network, according to a statement.

The deputy leader of the Iraq jihad umbrella group, the Mujahideen Shura Council of Iraq, issued a message saying that it would continue with business as normal.

It indicates that Rahman has taken over effective control of the network until a successor is named.

It is thought that an Egyptian-born lieutenant, known as Abu al-Masri, will eventually assume the leadership role.

Neil Doyle

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

The question is, "Are they for us or against us?"

http://www.truthusa.com/AgainstUSorForUS.html

[neosgirl]

Hi all,

Just an FYI, just saw an alert on FoxNews stating that a new tape from Zawahiri will be shown on Al Jazeera today. He doesn't talk about the death of Zarqawi, so it's at least a day or two old.

Also on FoxNews, a Major General Caldwell is stating that Zarqawi was alive and conscience when troops arrived at the bombing site. Imagine finding that a*hole still breathing. Hope someone had the pleasure of helping him stop breathing. LOL

peace
neosgirl

[Velveeta]

Al Jazeera to air video tape from Zawahri
Fri Jun 9, 2006 7:57am ET

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Friday it would air a new video tape from Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al Zawahri.

Al Jazeera said that in the tape Zawahri speaks about the Palestinian referendum, the Darfur crisis and Egyptian judges.

In April, Zawahri said hundreds of suicide bombers had "broken America's back" in three years of war in Iraq.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-09T115735Z_01_L09700329_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-ZAWAHRI.xml&archived=False

[Velveeta]

I also heard this morning that Zarqawi was alive when US troops arrived. I wondered if the troops carried bacon bits with them....

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Per FOXNews: al-zawahiri on new video tape; does not mention al-zarqawi's death (not surprising). Basically sounds like a discourse telling the jihadis to continue their jihad in Iraq and everywhere.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Friday 09 June 2006 12:29 PM GMT

Zawahiri: Palestine's liberation is the duty of every Muslim

Aljazeera has aired a videotape in which al-Qaeda number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urges Palestinians to reject the referendum proposed by Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president.

"I call upon them to reject any referendum on Palestine, because Palestine is not for bargaining or bidding," al-Zawahri said, addressing Muslims in general, in the video telecast on Friday.

"Palestine was a land of Islam, and its liberation is the duty of every Muslim."

Mentioning armed Muslim fighters, prisoners and their families, al-Zawahiri said: "I call upon Muslims everywhere to support the brothers in Palestine."

Wearing a white turban and tunic, al-Qaeda's deput leader appeared against a black background. He repeatedly waved his right hand and pointed his finger in a gesture of admonishment.

He also praised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi but did not mention his death, suggesting it was made earlier.

Aljazeera said that the tape was made before the announcement of al-Zarqawi's death, because al-Zawahiri praised the al-Qaida in Iraq leader's efforts to confront US-led forces in Iraq.

"God bless the prophet of Islam in Iraq, the persistent hero of Islam, the Holy Warriors Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," al-Zawahiri said.

He sent greetings to the Shura Council of Mujahedeen in Iraq and anti-US fighters, "who are confronting Crusaders and their apostate aids and the merchants of religion".

Al-Zawahiri, who has focused on political issues before in his tapes, also gave his opinions on the campaign by a group of Egyptian judges for the independence of the judiciary, and the situation in Darfur, west Sudan.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6D92126A-F84D-4491-96CE-5DA8533260EC.htm

[drymans wife]

I am thinking "A Head For A Head" would have been perfectly
fine with me.

[Velveeta]

Thanks, Donna.