Threat Matrix: June 2008

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The Hunt for American al Qaeda

The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty.

The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture.

Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have already begun airing. Additionally, printed materials including matchbooks, handbills and posters will be distributed throughout the region in the coming weeks in attempts to elicit cooperation from members of the Afghan community. Read More

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[drymans wife]

Good evening everyone. Life has been such a mess the
past month.

Praise God I am working doing home health.

But shame on Satan that Dryman and myself have been
separated a few weeks.

Please pray for strength and direction for our family.

[Cindy]

Thank you Lord for Dryman and Drymans wife.
You know their needs.
Please touch them as they look up to You.

Your will be done.

In Jesus’ Holy name I pray this simple prayer.
Amen.

[Cindy]

OPINION: Note: This suspect wins the STUCK ON STUPID award for coming up with the lamest excuse for the alleged crimes he allegedly committed.

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021250.php
(CBC NEWS)

June 2, 2008

“Defendant in U.K. jetliner plot claims he “only” planned small bomb at Houses of Parliament as publicity stunt for movie he was making”

ATTICLE SNIPPET: “Earlier in the trial, the jury was played a video in which Ali said he wanted to become a martyr. He threatened to “punish and humiliate” non-Muslims and “teach them a lesson they will never forget.”

The computer systems engineering graduate told the court on Monday the video was just propaganda. He said he intended to use the footage for a documentary to be distributed on YouTube. The bomb blast, he said, would help publicize the movie.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Prosecutors say Ali had a computer memory stick that stored vast amounts of detail on daily air services from London to North America, adding that he and his co-conspirators did not seem interested in return flights.”

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Previously...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020629.php

April 10, 2008

“Allah ‘loves us to die and kill in his path’”
(CNN)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “LONDON, England (AP) — Jurors saw video Thursday of a man accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic aircraft praising Osama bin Laden and vowing to wage a holy war against nonbelievers.
Umar Islam, 29, made the comments in a video found in the trunk of a car belonging to another suspect. Prosecutors say it was a suicide video intended to be viewed after his death.

Islam and seven others are charged with plotting to detonate bombs aboard airliners bound from London to the United States and Canada using explosives concealed in soft drink bottles. Prosecutors say they were close to carrying out their plan when they were arrested in August 2006. The men deny the charges.”

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE FUTURE OF JIHADI USE OF THE INTERNET BELONGS TO YOUTUBE..." (May 25, 2008)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "VIOLENT ISLAMIST EXTREMISM, THE INTERNET, AND THE HOMEGROWN TERRORIST THREAT." (May 25, 2008)

HSGAC.SENATE.GOV - Public Files - UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS: "VIOLENT ISLAMIST EXTREMISM, THE INTERNET, AND THE HOMEGROWN TERRORIST THREAT" (pdf) (May 8, 2008)

METIMES.com - MIDDLE EAST TIMES: "EUROPE FACING RADICALIZATION OVER THE WEB" by Olivier Guitta (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Al-Qaida uses the web for four different tasks: propaganda; communication, mostly to instruct those in the field; training future combatants, a kind of online university of terrorism; and to send messages to the enemy, mostly to the West.") (Published April 20, 2008)

INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED..." (April 3, 2008)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. - "GENERAL LAYS OUT CHALLENGES DEFENDING CYBERSPACE" by Jim Garamone (March 14, 2008)

DNI.gov: "ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE" -J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence (February 5, 2008) (pdf)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "DEFENSE INTEL DIRECTOR TELLS SENATE OF MILITARY THREATS" (February 6, 2008)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "AL QAEDA REMAINS DANGEROUS, INTEL CHIEF TELLS SENATE" by Jim Garamone (February 5, 2008)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AL QAEDA SEEN PLANNING ATTACK ON U.S." by Sara A. Carter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The officials added that al Qaeda is recruiting Westerners to terror camps in Pakistan.") (February 6, 2008)

HERITAGE.org - THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION - Backgrounder #2105: "COMBATING ENEMIES ONLINE: STATE-SPONSORED AND TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET" by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. and Richard Weitz, Ph.D." (February 8, 2008)

[drymans wife]

Thank you Cindy for your prayers.

[Cindy]

You’re very welcome drymans wife.
God does hear our prayers.

[Cindy]

Thanks to a special freepmailer for pointing to this stie:

ANTIMULLAH.COM
http://antimullah.com/

[Cindy]

sp=site

[drymans wife]

I know he does and he knows our hearts.

Being a Christian with our lives dedicated to
the Lord, I never thought I would be here.

[Cindy]

I sympathize with you drymans wife.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50074

Two Enemy Fighters Killed, Dozens More Detained in Iraq

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2008 – Coalition forces killed two enemy fighters, detained dozens of terrorism suspects and discovered several weapons caches in Iraq, military officials reported.

Coalition forces used information from a May 15 operation that targeted associates of an al-Qaida in Iraq leader to lead them to areas in central and northern Iraq yesterday and today.

After encountering gunfire, the coalition forces fired back, killing two attackers.

Also during the operations, coalition forces found a car with bomb-making materials and suicide-vest components, and a weapons holding area. The force destroyed the weapons and detained eight suspected terrorists.

In other operations yesterday and today:

— Coalition forces targeted al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders and their associates in Mosul. A precision operation netted a leader of terrorist finances in the city, and detained 16 additional suspects, 11 of whom are believed to be associated with other al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders, officials said.

— Coalition forces captured two men wanted for their involvement in bombing networks in Baghdad. One of the men, believed to be an expert in car-bombing tactics, was detained today with another suspect in Taji. The other was detained today in Salman Pak, and allegedly is tied to senior terrorist leaders.

— Coalition forces captured three additional suspected terrorists during two operations in Baghdad.

In operations yesterday:

— Police in Baghdad discovered a cache in an abandoned building during an area reconnaissance mission in the Risalah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad. The cache contained mortar tubes, rounds, fuses and rockets.

— Iraqi security forces conducted joint raids near Hit, detaining 49 suspects for possible connections with a deadly suicide-bombing attack near the city’s government complex May 30 that killed four Iraqi police, five civilians, and wounded four policemen and 15 civilians, military officials said.

In operations May 31:

— Iraq army and national police continued searching and clearing operations in the Abu Al Khasib district of Basra. The national police detained one suspect and discovered a cache of assault rifles and a sub-machine gun. The operation, which began March 25, continues to bring the surrounding area to normalcy, with infrastructure support missions focusing on canal clearing operations, substation repair and construction and road repairs, officials said.

— Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers captured the No. 2 key suspect in a bomb manufacturing and emplacing cell that operated in Tarmiyah, near Taji, and is responsible for numerous deaths.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[Cindy]

Note: A while back, I read about weapons recovered at a fish farm. Today, it’s water storage tanks.

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The IPs recovered the cache buried in 11 water storage tanks and various boxes May 20 in Husayniyah.”

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20041&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080602-09
June 2, 2008

ISF, Coalition forces destroy ton of weapons (Karbala)

Multi-National Division – Center PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition forces destroyed a large weapons cache containing approximately 2,400 pounds of munitions May 28 in Karbala province.

The cache was discovered by a former mayor of Husayniyah, who alerted the Karbala Iraqi Police.

The IPs recovered the cache buried in 11 water storage tanks and various boxes May 20 in Husayniyah.

“It is encouraging to see the (Iraqi Army) and IP finding and recovering these large caches, and we will continue to assist them in the safe destruction of ordnance,” said 1st Lt. Ryan Fisher, 760th Explosive Ordnance Disposal operations officer.

The cache was turned over to the 33rd IA Brigade Military Transition Team to dispose of munitions and exploitable items. The team arrived on-site and inventoried ordnance prior to transporting the munitions to the disposal site.

“In our second cooperative effort with (Maj. Gen.) Ra’ad’s 33rd IA Brigade and Karbala IP, we disposed of nearly 1,500 ordnance items, after having destroyed more than 1,000 items just earlier this month,” Fisher said.

The disposed munitions included more than 1,000 mortars, 25 rockets, 33 blocks of C-4 and various other weapons.

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[Cindy]

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

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QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2024661/posts?page=49#49

UPDATE:

BLOG:

Note: Photo included.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/bombing_near_danish.php

“Bombing near Danish embassy in Islamabad kills eight”
By BILL ROGGIOJune 2, 2008 1:58 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The bomber appears to have driven a car with diplomatic license plates through security, and parked it in a parking lot next to the Danish embassy. The car bomb was then either detonated remotely or by timer.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The car bomb was believed to have contained about 65 pounds of explosives. The blast left a crater about four feet deep and nine feet wide, and damaged the wall of the Danish embassy as well as the offices of the United Nations Development Program.

All of those reported killed appear to be Pakistanis, however one report indicated a foreign national may have also been killed in the blast.

While no terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Pakistani intelligence believes Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, an al Qaeda and Taliban linked group, was behind the attack. Lashkar-i-Jhangvi is a splinter group of the Sipah-e-Sahaba (the Army of Mohamed’s companions), a radical Deobandi group that attacks the Shia minority in Pakistan. The US designated Lashkar-i-Jhangvi a Foreign Terrorist Organization in January 2003, while Pakistan banned the outfit in August 2001, just prior to the September 11 attacks on the US.

Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has been behind several high-profile attacks against foreigners in Pakistan. The groups was behind the kidnapping and brutal murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2003, and attack on a Pakistani Navy bus that killed 11 French technicians and three Pakistanis and a car bomb attack on the American consulate that killed 12 Pakistanis in 2002.”

49 posted on June 2, 2008 5:52:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/lej.htm

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http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/searchb10.asp?search=+Lashkar-i-Jhangvi&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/searchb10.asp?search=+Lashkar-e-Jhangvi&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

50 posted on June 2, 2008 5:58:25 PM PDT by Cindy

[Cindy]

http://www.steynonline.com

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BLOG:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/02/mark-steyn-on-trial/

“Mark Steyn on trial”
By Michelle Malkin • June 2, 2008 09:53 AM

SNIPPET: “The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s show trial of Mark Steyn gets under way this afternoon.”

[Cindy]

IN THE UK:

http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060007.htm

Sunday, June 1, 2008

“American Christians ‘told not to preach’ in Muslim area of Birmingham, UK”
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

BIRMINGHAM, UK

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08060003.htm

Sunday, June 1, 2008
“Christians Told to Quit Preaching”

By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (ANS

[Cindy]

www.myhesbah.net

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http://memriiwmp.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=389

“Amir Harakat Shabab Al-Mujahideen Threatens to Attack Western Interests Worldwide”

(Posted June 2, 2008)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025116/posts

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A7C02223-19E2-45BC-80F5-59CA68D6E03B

“W vs. Terror”
By John Hinderaker

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/revert
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/reverts

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iju

http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaijuinterview0508.pdf

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BLOG:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/nefa_foundation_islamic_jihad.php

“NEFA Foundation: Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) Interview with German Convert “Eric B.””
By Evan Kohlmann
June 2, 2008 02:56 PM

SNIPPET: “The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new interview published by the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) with “Abdul Gaffar al-Almani”—better known as “Eric B.”, a 20-year old German convert to Islam from Neuenkirchen in Saarland who traveled to Pakistan in 2007 and joined the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU).”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/zimbabwe

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080602-9.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 2, 2008

Statement by the President on Zimbabwe

White House News

The continued use of government-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe, including unwarranted arrests and intimidation of opposition figures, to prevent the Movement for Democratic Change from campaigning freely ahead of the June 27 presidential runoff election is deplorable. We call on the regime to immediately halt all attacks and to permit freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and access to the media. We urge the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, the United Nations, and other international organizations to blanket the country with election and human rights monitors immediately.

We also are concerned by reports that misguided government policies are projected to result in one of the worst crop harvests in Zimbabwean history. While Robert Mugabe makes political statements in Rome, his people continue to face empty markets at home. The United States currently feeds more than 1 million Zimbabweans and spent more than $170 million on food assistance in Zimbabwe last year. We will continue these efforts to prevent government-induced starvation in Zimbabwe.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025163/posts

How to Survive a Disaster - 9/11 Lifesaver RICK RESCORLA (Time Magazine Cover Story)
Time Magazine ^ | June 9, 2008 | Amanda Ripley
Posted on June 2, 2008 9:41:28 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE

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NEVER FORGET

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And now the Man who predicted 9/11 ...one 9/11 Lifesaver extraordinaire RICK RESCORLA... finally gets his due:

TIME Magazine Cover Story June 9, 2008

‘How to Survive a Disaster’ ...By Amanda Ripley

(See ‘How One Person Made a Difference’ - Pages 3 & 4)

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NEVER FORGET

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

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NEVER ever FORGET 9/11 & the one who tried to prevent it years in advance...

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1 posted on June 2, 2008 9:41:28 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810315-1,00.html

Page 4:

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Rescorla had once led soldiers through the night in the Vietcong-controlled Central Highlands of Vietnam. He knew the brain responded poorly to fear—but he also knew it could be distracted. Back then, he had calmed his men by singing Cornish songs from his youth. Now, in the crowded stairwell, Rescorla sang into the bullhorn. “Men of Cornwall stand ye steady. It cannot be ever said ye for the battle were not ready. Stand and never yield!”

Between songs, Rescorla called his wife. “Stop crying,” he said. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” Moments later, he had successfully evacuated the vast majority of Morgan Stanley employees. Then he turned around. He was last seen on the 10th floor, heading upward, shortly before the tower collapsed. His remains have never been found.
Rescorla taught Morgan Stanley employees to save themselves. It’s a lesson that has become, somehow, rare and precious. When the tower collapsed, only 13 Morgan Stanley colleagues—including Rescorla and four of his security officers—were inside. The other 2,687 were safe.

To learn more about survival skills in a disaster, go to www.TheUnthinkable.com”

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http://www.theunthinkable.com