Threat Matrix: December 2007

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[nwctwx]

Calculating the Risks in Pakistan

A small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart.

The secret exercise — conducted without official sponsorship from any government agency, apparently due to the sensitivity of its subject — was one of several such games the U.S. government has conducted in recent years examining various options and scenarios for Pakistan's nuclear weapons: How many troops might be required for a military intervention in Pakistan? Could Pakistani nuclear bunkers be isolated by saturating the surrounding areas with tens of thousands of high-powered mines, dropped from the air and packed with anti-tank and anti-personnel munitions? Or might such a move only worsen the security of Pakistan's arsenal?
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[Cindy]

Yep.

[Cindy]

ADDING to post no. 765:

http://www.hiiraan.com

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2007/Dec/suspected_somali_pirates_attack_italian_ship.aspx

“Suspected Somali pirates attack Italian ship”

Monday, December 17, 2007
By Nicolo Gnecchi

NAIROBI, Dec 17 (Reuters)

[Cindy]

ADDING to post no. 749:

QUOTE:

http://threatswatch.org/gcw/2007/12/17/

December 17, 2007 [Listen Here]
25:00 (Mins) | 11.5 (MB)

Global Crisis Watch discusses the significance of AQ #2 Ayman al-Zawahiri’s latest propaganda and frustration with the Iraq theater, the assassination of Brig. Gen. Francois al-Hajj in Lebanon, and the continued politicking in Pakistan. Guests: Dr. Walid Phares, author of The War of Ideas and Director of the Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and military analyst Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal.

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http://threatswatch.org/site-resources/podcast/gcw_071217.mp3

[Cindy]

A few more details UPDATE:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=503269

“Briton who converted to Islam arrested by Kenyan anti-terror police after arms seized”
By ROB CRILLY - More by this author »
Last updated at 16:42pm on 18th December 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A British convert to Islam is being held by Kenyan police as part of an anti-terrorism operation.

Graham Adams, 31, who also uses the name Ahmed Khalid Ibrahim since becoming a Muslim as a teenager, was arrested in the port city of Mombasa last Tuesday.

More than 30 people, mostly of Somali origin, were arrested in the capital Nairobi later in the week.

“He was arrested at the same time as people in possession of illegal hand grenades and guns,” said a police spokesman.

“Our investigators are still working on collecting evidence to see if we can charge him.””

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019221.php
(NATIONAL POST.com)

December 18, 2007
“Canadian authorities seize $7 million worth of drug linked to jihad financing”

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http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=175143

“Somali drug may fund terrorism”
14 Tonnes Seized

Stewart Bell, National Post
Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2007

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=saudiarabia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad

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Photo included.

http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/menu-234/0712188935103932.htm

“Disavowal of Pagans ceremony in Arafat Desert”
Arafat Desert, Saudi Arabia, Dec 18, IRNA

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Iran-Hajj-Ceremony

Disavowal of Pagans ritual started in this sacred desert on Tuesday attended by a huge group of Iranian pilgrims.

The pilgrims chanted anti-US and anti-Zionist slogans during the ceremony also attended by the Supreme Leader’s representative for Hajj affairs, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri.

“God is Great,” “There is no Deity but Allah,” “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” were among the slogans chanted by the masses in unison as they gathered in the Desert of Arafat, 20 km (12 miles) from Mecca, for a day of prayer and meditation.”

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Photos included.

blog:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/12/holy-man-ahmadinejad-attends-hajj-in.html

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007
“Iranians Chant ‘Death to America’ & ‘Death to Israel’ at Hajj Ceremony in Saudi Arabia”

[PGalt]

Catching up on TM. Thanks for all your links to HLF, Cindy. BTTT!

[Cindy]

You’re welcome P Galt.

I find the HLF case fascinating and the lack of in depth coverage by the main-stream-media appalling.

[Oorang]

Mugniyeh surfaces

Iranian intelligence official visits Lebanon
Monday, 17 December, 2007

Beirut - A senior Iranian intelligence officer arrived in Lebanon the week of Dec. 9, and Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah official in charge of foreign operations accompanied the officer to his meetings there, Stratfor sources said Dec. 16.

The two have held continuous talks with Hezbollah foreign operations officers in meetings attended by Hezbollah security chief Wafiq Safa. They later traveled to the town of Nabi Sheit in the northern Biqaa, then met with Syrian intelligence officers led by Brig. Gen. Ali Diab in Hezbollah training grounds in Shara near the border village of Janta.

Imad Mugniyah, a senior member of the Hezbollah militant organization has been living in Tehran. Sometimes described as a "master terrorist", Mugniyah has been implicated in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, and U.S. Marine and French peacekeeping barracks, which killed over 350, as well as the 1992 bombings of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. He was also linked to numerous kidnappings of Westerners in Beirut through the 1980s, most notably that of Terry Anderson. Some of these individuals were later killed such as U.S. Army Col William Francis Buckley.

http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/12/iranian_intelli.php

[Cindy]

I'm very, very sorry to read this Oorang. Thank you for this post.

Previously...

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "INTERPOL PUTS 5 IRANIANS ON WANTED LIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Iranians targeted are former intelligence chief Ali Fallahian; Mohsen Rabbani, former cultural attache at Iran's embassy in Buenos Aires; a former diplomat, Ahmad Reza Asghari; Mohsen Rezaei, former head of the Revolutionary Guards; and Ahmad Vahidi, a Revolutionary Guards general. Hezbollah militant Imad Moughnieh, one of the world's most sought terrorism suspects, also was named.") (November 8, 2007) (Read More...)

STRATFOR.com: "GEOPOLITICAL DIARY: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF A TERRORISM ARTIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reports indicate that Imad Fayez Mugniyah has been training Shiite militants from Arab Persian Gulf states -- specifically, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley for use in retaliatory attacks if the United States strikes Iran.") (October 26, 2007, 02:00 GMT) (Read More...)

STRATFOR.com: "IRAN'S CONTINGENCY PLAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sources in Hezbollah say Mugniyah is spending most of his time these days in Lebanon and has in many ways overshadowed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as the organization's strongman. These reports align with similar indications that a split is deepening within Hezbollah's leadership over how to manage its affairs with Syria and Iran. Mugniyah has had a close relationship with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.") (October 25, 2007, 18:45 GMT) (Read More...)

Google - News Search: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH"

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net - WANTED: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" (Read More...)

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

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

[Cindy]

Ping to Oorang’s post regarding Mughniyah.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933472/posts?page=789#789

[MamaDearest]

Bakri says a father should take any gift given by Santa Claus to his child, hide it and bring the child another gift. He says the father should tell his child, “This (gift) is from me to you.”

Perhaps "Santa" could give Bakri the wonderous gift of tolerance for the religious beliefs of other human beings.

[Cindy]

OPINION:

I understand how you feel.

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

[Cindy]

Off Topic, but fyi:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941572/posts

“Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor”
Next Energy News ^ | December 17, 2007
Posted on 12/18/2007 9:44:50 PM PST by HAL9000

[MamaDearest]

US Border Patrol finds hundreds of kilos of pot in cargo truck

American border guards at the Lynden, Wash. border crossing used a vehicle gamma-ray imaging system to uncover hundreds of kilograms of marijuana.

Guards also arrested a 30-year-old Surrey man allegedly driving the truck. During the scan, border officers spotted something unusual in the roof of an empty commercial trailer heading into the U.S. from Aldergrove, B.C.

Nautical News

A Massachusetts state police helicopter pilot reported that his aircraft was lit up by a laser beam as he escorted an LNG tanker's approach to the Everett facility just outside of Boston harbor. The helicopter crew using cameras and other high tech equipment determined the area of origin for the laser beam, and about an hour later, the Coast Guard and police found a suspect. Maybe he thought it was funny to point a hand-held laser beam at a helicopter, but he now faces a federal prison term if convicted. Officials would not reveal exactly how they found the man, nor would they release his name, but they did not believe that he was acting as a terrorist.

[Cindy]

Nautical News - ...”found a suspect.”

That’s very good news.

Thanks MamaDearest.

[MamaDearest]

The two Lebanese Muslims who planted bombs on German trains last year (that thankfully failed to explode) planned to commit random mass murder to get revenge for the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy.

Hmmmmm, more Presbyterians at it again (no profiling allowed).

Info on CAIR

[MamaDearest]

Did you notice, once again, the failure to report the suspect’s name? Coincidental I’m sure (sarc).

[Cindy]

Well, at least we know what his aka is...

“A local man”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1049822

[Cindy]

http://terrortracker.co.uk/

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http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1EAD9236-6379-4F84-A70E-9A6EEC92D57B

“Terror Base UK”
By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, December 17, 2007