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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - July 2006

Posted on 07/01/2006 1:15:53 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Bin Laden Says Will Take Fight to America
(Full Story)

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said his group reserved the right to fight the United States on its land and warned Washington and the world community against sending forces to Somalia, according to an Internet audio tape.

"We will fight its (U.S.) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish it on its land and anywhere possible," said the speaker, who sounded like the Saudi-born militant.

"We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia," he said of the African nation where Islamists' power is rising.

2nd Tape in Two Days Endorses al-Masri as Leader in Iraq
SITE Institute: Preliminary Summary of July 1 Tape

Audio and Video Tapes From Usama bin Laden

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; alqaeda; alqaida; binladen; globaljihad; hamas; hezbollah; iran; iraq; islamists; israel; jihad; lebanon; middleeast; somalia; syria; terror; terrorism; threat; threatmatrix; ubl; waronterror; wot
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To: Jim Robinson; Gucho; Jet Jaguar; Marine Inspector; copguy; Miami Vice; backhoe; piasa; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2006/07/28/blitzer.israel.sea.threats.affl&wm=10

"THREATS TO ISRAEL OFTEN BY SEA
CNN's Wolf Blitzer looks at how the Israeli Defense Force has to deal with terror threats via sea. (July 28)"

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ICC-CCS.ORG: THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php

REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:

Weekly Piracy Report
25-31 July 2006

© 2004 Commercial Crime Services, a division of the ICC



Weekly Piracy Report
25-31 July 2006

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 25 to 31 July 2006.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Twenty five incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.


The IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks on Ships from January to June 2006 is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.

Suspicious crafts

None reported.
Recently reported incidents

28.07.2006 between 2100-2200 LT at Chittagong anchorage 'b', Bangladesh.
Three robbers boarded a tanker using long poles with hooks. Alert crew activated fire hoses and repelled boarders. Master reported this was the third attack that night.

26.07.2006 at 0200 LT at Belawan anchorage, Indonesia.
Three robbers armed with long knives boarded a tanker at forecastle and stole ship's stores. All crew chased robbers who jumped into water and escaped in a boat waiting with five accomplices.

30.7.2006 at 2115 LT at Chittagong outer anchorage 'b', Bangladesh.
Three robbers armed with knives boarded a container ship at poop deck and stole ship's stores. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers jumped overboard and escaped.

27.07.2006, 67 nm from Langkawi, Malacca straits.
Five armed pirates attacked two fishing boats and kidnapped four crew members. They are demanding a ransom from the owners for the release of the crew.



2,021 posted on 08/01/2006 4:44:13 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: backhoe

Yep, seeing is believing -- really.
I DO agree with you.


2,022 posted on 08/01/2006 4:51:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Donna Lee Nardo; JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; nwctwx; All

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/mugniyahs_hidden_hand_in_leban.php

"Mugniyah's Hidden Hand in Lebanon"
By Bill Roggio

(July 31, 2006)


2,023 posted on 08/01/2006 4:53:03 AM PDT by Cindy
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RECAP:


COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MUGNIYAH'S HIDDEN HAND IN LEBANON" by Bill Roggio (July 31, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "MIND OF MUGNIYEH" by Dan Darling (July 25, 2006)

HOT AIR.com - VENT with Michelle Malkin: "THE AMERICAN VICTIMS OF HEZBOLLAH" (July 24, 2006)

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (VIEW POSTER)

"www.waronline.org/terror/bin%20laden/mugniyah-2.jpg" (VIEW PHOTO)

2,024 posted on 08/01/2006 4:58:42 AM PDT by Cindy
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ON THE NET...

http://hotair.com/archives/vent/2006/07/31/myth-of-the-lone-muslim-killer/
(July 31, 2006)


2,025 posted on 08/01/2006 5:08:28 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675606/posts

"Assad smuggling weapons to Hizbullah"
Jerusalem Post ^ | 2006-08-01 | Yaakov Katz

Posted on 08/01/2006 5:01:44 AM PDT by Clive

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Three weeks into the war with Hizbullah, the IDF's intelligence picture is growing clearer, although at the same time darker. According to new intelligence obtained by the defense establishment, Syrian President Bashar Assad, alongside senior military officials, is directly involved in the attempts to smuggle weapons and rockets to Hizbullah in Lebanon.

On Monday, Assad called on his army to increase readiness to cope with "regional challenges."

In addition, the extent of Iran's intimate involvement in Hizbullah attacks is also starting to emerge. According to the defense establishment, the reason Hizbullah has not fired long-range Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Teheran's opposition. Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs, Hizbullah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against Israel.

The IDF also believes that it seriously damaged the long-range rocket array in the first night of air strikes almost three weeks ago and impaired Hizbullah's ability to fire the rockets.

Nevertheless, Hizbullah is still believed to have 10,000 short-range Katyusha rockets, after 1,500 were fired at Israel and another 1,500 were destroyed by the air force.

The longer-range Zelzal missiles, manufactured by Iran and capable of reaching Tel Aviv, have also not been fired at Israel, and the IDF believes this is because it destroyed almost two-thirds of these in the Hizbullah arsenal.

In addition, Israel has identified the bodies of 200 Hizbullah operatives killed in fighting, out of the organization's total number of fighters estimated to stand at 1,000. Hizbullah fighters were also found to be using special thermal suits that retained their body heat and curtailed IDF attempts to discover them at night.

Alongside the regular Hizbullah fighters, the defense establishment has identified two senior officials in the organization who were killed in IAF missile strikes: Jihad Atayeh, head logistic officer for Hizbullah in southern Lebanon and one of the planners of the cross-border attack in 2000 during which three IDF soldiers were kidnapped; and Nur Shilhav, responsible for coordinating the smuggling of weapons from Syria into Lebanon.

Iran is also believed to have a strong presence in Lebanon, including dozens of members of the Revolutionary Guard that are instructing the Hizbullah how to use advanced weaponry similar to the Iranian-supplied C-802 missile which hit a navy missile ship two weeks ago."


2,026 posted on 08/01/2006 5:12:22 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23622
"The Lesson of Suez"
By David Frum
National Post | August 1, 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Fifty years ago this past week, on July 26, 1956, the Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Nasser's act would lead to an international crisis, a regional war and ultimately to the resignation of a British prime minister. "Suez" would become a lesson and a warning against Western meddling in the Middle East.

But the lessons and warnings of Suez look very different after 9/11."


2,027 posted on 08/01/2006 5:22:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675616/posts


DEFIANT BUSH STANDS FIRM AGAINST HEZ TERROR THUGS
NY Post ^ | 8/1/06 | Deborah Orin

Posted on 08/01/2006 5:17:41 AM PDT by teddyballgame

August 1, 2006 -- President Bush yesterday defied world pressure and stood behind Israel's refusal to agree to an immediate cease-fire, after Israeli bombs killed at least 54 people in the Lebanese town of Qana. "We want there to be a long-lasting peace, one that is sustainable," the president said in Miami.

"It is important to remember this crisis began with Hezbollah's unprovoked terrorist attacks against Israel. Israel is exercising its right to defend itself. We mourn the loss of innocent life, both in Lebanon and Israel."

Bush said the bombing in Qana was "awful," and acknowledged "there's been a lot of pressure on Israel to stop" - but he told Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto that's not the solution.

"What we've got to do is put pressure on the world to help create the conditions so that when there's a cease-fire, it lasts. Stopping for the sake of stopping is - can be - OK, except it won't address the root cause of the problem," Bush told Fox.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


2,028 posted on 08/01/2006 5:24:52 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675641/posts

"America’s OTHER Department of Homeland Security"
Israpundit ^ | 31 jul 06 | Bill Levinson

Posted on 08/01/2006 5:42:47 AM PDT by white trash redneck


2,029 posted on 08/01/2006 5:44:48 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

"OBSESSION
Radical Islam's War Against the West"


2,030 posted on 08/01/2006 5:46:39 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675644/posts

"CSIS spy networks in mosques not meant to target Islam, experts say"
Canadian Press via National Post ^ | Michelle McQuigge

Posted on 08/01/2006 5:48:07 AM PDT by Clive

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TORONTO -- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service practice of paying informants to gather intelligence from specific religious communities in Canada is a perfectly acceptable tactic that has been misunderstood and misrepresented, security experts say.

Places of worship are only investigated if suspicious individuals are known to frequent them, former employees of the spy agency and the RCMP said Monday in response to media reports that said CSIS has infiltrated virtually every mosque in Toronto.

“It’s absolutely, absolutely untrue that there’s a spy in every mosque,” said Chris Mathers, a crime and risk consultant and former RCMP officer.

“The RCMP and CSIS do not . . .target religious groups, they target individuals, because it’s against the law.”

CSIS will only infiltrate particular locations if they seem to be likely breeding grounds for extremist activity, Mathers said.

If a person was under suspicion and attended a specific place of worship, measures would be taken to investigate the goings-on within that building as well as any other places the suspect spent considerable time, he added."


2,031 posted on 08/01/2006 5:57:14 AM PDT by Cindy
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TODAY'S UPDATES AND RECAP:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1675575/posts?page=12#12


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http://www.jpost.com
http://www.haaretz.com
http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/
http://www.foxnews.com

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2,032 posted on 08/01/2006 6:04:46 AM PDT by Cindy
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Nothing new in the news last night/this morning regarding Castro.
FYI.
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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Castro&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d


2,033 posted on 08/01/2006 6:27:20 AM PDT by Cindy
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The August TM will be up this evening sometime.


2,034 posted on 08/01/2006 7:40:58 AM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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Man Arrested for Shining Laser at Helicopter

http://www.1010wins.com/pages/63395.php


2,035 posted on 08/01/2006 8:11:00 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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placemark


2,036 posted on 08/01/2006 8:19:44 AM PDT by Godzilla (Evil can be defeated when the good are unafraid.)
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Britain Warns of Severe Terror Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2260808


2,037 posted on 08/01/2006 8:54:15 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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Suitcase bomb found in German train [make that two]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675804/posts


2,038 posted on 08/01/2006 9:52:26 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: tmp02; Oorang; drymans wife; MamaDearest; nwctwx; Domestic Church; Rushmore Rocks; Labyrinthos; ...
Israel / Hezbollah Ground combat SITREP
Based upon available information, Day one of the ground offensive appears to be taking the following form.

1. There appears to be a major thrust towards the Litani River from the northern tip of Israel. The Litani is at its closest to Israel at this point. Lead elements of IDF are as far as At Tayyabah, approximately one half of the way to the Litani. Combat began late Monday (Israel time).

2. There are a secondary attacks in the vicinity of Ayta as Shab along the west-central border of Israel / Lebanon and Hula near Qiyat Shemona

3. IDF forces are still reported in the vicinity of Ras, located south of Bint Jubayl (Hezbollah stronghold).

4. Across the rest of the border are smaller, pinning actions seeking to freeze and mask the main IDF effort.

Apparent Israeli tactical/strategic goal:

The quick thrust to the Litani River in the north quickly permits the IDF to cordon-off S. Lebanon and destroy Hezbollah piecemeal. Hezbollah’s tactic – sit in place (bunkers) and slug it out versus Israel’s more mobile forces will result in Hezbollah pockets being isolated to be later ground into nothingness. Forces to the west of the At Tayyabah salient will probably wheel to the west, pushing any fleeing Hezbollah into the ocean. Plan for the area east of At Tayyabah is not developed enough to confirm but may swing towards the east towards the Syrian border and the Bekkah valley. But to obtain the 20 mile buffer, they may not have to go too far to the east.

2,039 posted on 08/01/2006 12:01:35 PM PDT by Godzilla (OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?)
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To: Godzilla
Very interesting, Godzilla
I expect the calls for a ceasefire to increase, as long as the Hezbs are losing. The IDF may accomplish a major feat if they cut Hezb off.
2,040 posted on 08/01/2006 12:28:00 PM PDT by TWhiteBear
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