Threat Matrix: February 2007

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How al-Qaida Fared in 2006
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In 2006, agents of al-Qaida, as well as those inspired by its ideology, continued their attacks. Violence in Iraq intensified, and Afghanistan saw its bloodiest year since 2001.

Despite worsening chaos on those fronts, counterterrorist forces arrested and killed high-profile terrorists and kept the West free from attack. But these actions don't appear to have weakened the appeal of al-Qaida's agenda. "Home-grown" militants around the world joined its jihad, as regional fighting heightened perceptions of a global war on Islam.

Here's an assessment of some of the most significant gains and losses for al-Qaida last year: Read more..

	Azzam the American: The Making of an al Qaida Homegrown
	Islamic Cells of Revenge Joins the al Qaida Movement
	Most Dangerous Destinations 2007

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[Cindy]

Cancel the ping.
That was a 2006 thread.

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783142/posts

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ARAB BANK PAYS OUT BLOOD MONEY - Life Insurance for Palestinian Suicide Bombers
DER SPIEGEL ^ | February 09, 2007 | Christoph Schult, Britta Sandberg and Ansgar Mertin

Posted on 02/11/2007 5:08:39 PM PST by Atlantic Bridge

An important bank in the Arab world offers accounts paying a type of life insurance to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. But now it could soon face a lawsuit from American lawyers representing the victims.

On the morning of the day before he planned to blow himself up, Bassam Takruri wore a freshly ironed shirt, a blazer and polished shoes. At 10 a.m., the student said goodbye to his father, who gave him ten shekels in pocket money. It was a beautiful Saturday in May in the Palestinian town of Hebron.

Everything seemed normal, at least for the rest of the family. The 18-year-old Bassam, a boy with dark, earnest eyes, was ambitious. He wanted to become an engineer. His father called him his best son. But he spent the last night of his life away from this family -- something many suicide bombers do so as not to lose their nerve at the last moment.

(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...

[TWhiteBear]

Mall evacuated after fumes sicken shoppers
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/washingtonstate/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1171244048224640.xml&storylist=orwashington

It looks like the gas leak has been ruled out.
They are talking 'chemical irritant' or pepper spray.
'None of the conditions were considered life threatening.'

I'll post more if and when I find out more.

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/26sep06-salafy_forums.html

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PROPAGANDA On The Net...


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http://al-ekhlaas.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46189

[Cindy]

Thanks TWhiteBear.
I appreciate it.

[Cindy]

SPECULATION-OPINION (at this point and time and via the process of elimination): Possibly Chlorine.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=zimbabwe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=mugabe

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783201/posts


"Mugabe's Zimbabwe: Savage results"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | February 11, 2007 | Editorial

Posted on 02/11/2007 7:34:33 PM PST by Graybeard58

[Cindy]

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=taleban

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NOTE: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783261/posts


Afghanistan - Hundreds of Taliban massing to attack dam -official
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | February 12, 2007

Posted on 02/12/2007 12:26:38 AM PST by HAL9000

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan, Feb 12 (Reuters) - At least 700 Taliban fighters have crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan to destroy a key dam, a major source of electricity, a provincial governor said on Monday.
"We have got confirmed reports that they are Pakistani, Uzbek and Chechen nationals and have sneaked in," Helmand Governor Asadullah Wafa told Reuters by telephone.

The dam, Kajaki, has seen major fighting in recent weeks between the Taliban and NATO forces.


(Excerpt) Read more at alertnet.org ...

[Cindy]

http://www.billroggio.com/cgi-bin/cms/mt-search.cgi?tag=Pakistan&blog_id=1

http://www.billroggio.com/cgi-bin/cms/mt-search.cgi?tag=Afghanistan&blog_id=1

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http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/02/pakistan_peace_in_ou.php

"Pakistan: Peace in our time"
(February 11, 2007)

[Cindy]

Note: Photos included.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24401_Ahmadinejad_Promises_an_April_Surprise

Sunday, February 11, 2007
"Ahmadinejad Promises an April Surprise"

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.nuclear/index.html

"Iran: Nuclear announcement coming in April"
POSTED: 2:31 p.m. EST, February 11, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=northkorea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nkorea

http://www.dailynk.com/file/2007/02/12/DNKF00036975_1.jpg
http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?num=36975&cataId=nk00100
(Note: Video with article at above link).

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783264/posts


Video: (English) Interview with Kim Jong-nam] "I See my Father once in a While" - N. Korea
The Daily NK ^ | 02/12/07 | Yang Jung-a

Posted on 02/12/2007 1:16:10 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

/begin my translation


[Video: (English) Interview with Kim Jong-nam] "I See my Father once in a While"


Fuji TV, "(He) can go freely in and out of N. Korea"

[2007-02-12 14:53]




Kim Jong-nam doing interview with TV crews from Fuji TV of Japan in Beijing > screen capture of Fuji TV footage<


Fuji TV of Japan reported on Feb. 12 that they scored an interview with Kim Jong-nam who showed up in Beijing on his way to Pyongyang in time for attending Kim Jong-il's birthday on Feb. 16.


Kim Jong-nam showed up at a shopping center in Beijing downtown on Feb. 11, where he said, "I am seeing my father once in a while, and I have no problem going in and out of N. Korea."


When he turned up, he dressed casually, wearing dark-colored sweaters, jeans, a cap and sunglasses. Asked what his name, address, and occupation are, he just said, "No comments."


At first he tried to avoid the interview, giving a gesture of putting his index finger on his lips, but soon he started to answer reporters' question in a calm manner.


In a seven minute interview conducted in English, he said, "Since I studied in Europe, I could speak some English and French." As for 6-party talks (which were under way in Beijing at the time,) "I have no interest in them. They have nothing to do with me."


Asked if he visits Beijing frequently, he answered, "Of course." When somebody asked, "Do you come here for business?", he said, "Well, if you think it as business, it could be business. I sometimes spend a day or two here, and then head for a European or Asian country."


After his interview, He went away in a luxury car, which came to pick him up.


Click here to watch the video


Kim Jong-nam departed from Macau carrying a passport under the name of 'Kim Chol' on the morning of Feb. 11, and arrived in Beijing on the afternoon of the same day. He was spotted by Japanese news crews waiting at the airport after being tipped off. However, he managed to lose them at the airport and at the entrance of the hotel he is staying.


At the airport, when a Japanese news reporter said, "Mr. Kim Jong-nam, please, can you speak Japanese?", he responded in Japanese, "I can't speak Japanese."


Fuji TV also filmed the footage of Kim Jong-nam talking over his cell phone in Korean before his departure in Macau.


[Yang Jung-a]

/end my translation


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Starts with about 30 seconds intro in Japanese, followed by various footages of Kim Jong-nam, Japanese narration, and brief segments of Kim Jong-nam answering in English or on one occasion, in Japanese.

1 posted on 02/12/2007 1:16:15 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

[freeperfromnj]

No wonder I missed the article, it was from last year. That might have been part of that larger plot that was uncovered in '06.

[Cindy]

It was and is important.
The jihadis are patient and in my opinion, tend to revisit old plans and unfinished business.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1783080/posts

"No Evidence Of A Saddam - Osama Link?"
Flopping Aces ^ | 02-11-07 | Curt

Posted on 02/11/2007 2:12:04 PM PST by Starman417

[Cindy]

NOTE: The following text is a quote:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=63393

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Warden Message: Peshawar ICRC Compound Bombed
Consular Affairs Bulletins
South / Central Asia - Pakistan
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U.S. Embassy Islamabad released the following Warden Message on February 10, 2007:

A bomb exploded at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) compound in the residential neighborhood of University Town, Peshawar, at 0415 AM local time on February 10, 2007. The bomb caused some damage at the compound, but no injuries or casualties were reported. There has been no claim of responsibility for this attack.

This was the second attack on a Non-Governmental Organization's (NGO) offices in the Northwest Frontier Province in one week. On Monday, February 5, 2007 at 10:25 PM local time a grenade was thrown over the compound wall of the Save the Children Federation NGO in Batgram, Pakistan, in the district of Mansehra, injuring two individuals.

Although no American citizens were injured or killed in either attack, the Peshawar Consulate reiterates its previous recommendations advising American citizens to avoid crowded market areas, bazaars, and/or public demonstrations. Consulate staff has been advised against visiting Peshawar's Old City and Saddar Bazaar areas, and security personnel have recommended that staff members restrict movements throughout the city, staying mainly in the University Town area.

The Embassy would like to remind the American citizen community of the need to stay alert, be aware of your surroundings, vary times and routes, reduce travel to minimum acceptable levels, act self-defensively at all times, and avoid all demonstration activity and areas where Westerners are known to congregate. We remind American citizens that threats, protests and demonstrations may occur throughout Pakistan without prior notice or warning.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html and the Pakistan Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_992.html and Travel Warning can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

Contact information follows for all four posts in Pakistan:

The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad is located at Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5; telephone (92-51) 208-0000; Consular Section telephone (92-51) 208-2700; fax (92-51) 282-2632, website http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/.

The U.S. Consulate General in Karachi, located at 8 Abdullah Haroon Road, closed its public operations indefinitely due to security concerns. U.S. citizens requiring emergency assistance should call the consular section in Karachi. Their telephone is (92-21) 520-4200 (after hours: 92-21-520-4400; fax 92-21-568-0496, website http://usembassy.state.gov/karachi.

The U.S. Consulate in Lahore is located at 50- Sharah-E-Abdul Hameed Bin Badees, (Old Empress Road) near Shimla Hill Rotary, telephone (92-42) 603-4000 or 603-4250, fax (92-42) 603-4200, website http://lahore.usconsulate.gov/. Email address: acslahore@state.gov.

The U.S. Consulate in Peshawar is located at 11 Hospital Road, Cantonment, Peshawar; telephone (92-91) 526-8800; fax (92-91) 527-6712, website http://Peshawar.usconsulate.gov.

[Cindy]

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Mon Feb 12 2007 04:51:37 GMT-0800.

Worldwide Caution

October 11, 2006

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

[Godzilla]

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[Velveeta]

MTA RIDERS DROP A DIME ON TERROR


February 12, 2007 -- About 2,000 tips phoned into an NYPD subway and bus hot line resulted in terrorism-related leads last year, officials said. (snip)

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02122007/news/regionalnews/mta_riders_drop_a_dime_on_terror_regionalnews_jeremy_olshan__transit_reporter.htm

[Velveeta]

FOX reporting explosion near US military bas in Japan.