Threat Matrix: October 2008

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FBI Warns of Potential Terror Attacks

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives.

Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because "it is important for local authorities and building owners and operators to be aware of potential attack tactics."

According to the note obtained by NBC News, a "recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on seizing a publicly accessible building and damaging or destroying it with explosive charges." Read More

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23019&Itemid=128

Press Release A081016a-349
October 16, 2008

Coalition forces detain four suspected terrorists in Mosul

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces continued to drive al-Qaeda in Iraq out of the country Wednesday and Thursday, targeting terrorists during operations in Mosul.

During two related operations in Mosul ending Wednesday, one wanted man and one additional suspect were detained by Coalition forces. The wanted man is believed to have associated with a terrorist killed Oct 5. The other detained man allegedly has ties to senior AQI leaders.

Two more suspected terrorists were detained by Coalition forces Thursday during an operation targeting regional AQI leadership in Mosul.

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[Diana the Huntress]

Of course it’s unnatural, abnormal and horrific. People in this country must begin to realise that this is part of radical Islam; just look at what’s happening in the UK with Shari’a. It’s all tied up together.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

bttt

[Cindy]

Thanks to Velveeta for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2107520/posts

“Aftab: Madman of the 50th Ward [Friend of Obama, Arrested...Again]”
Rogers Park Bench Blogspot ^ | 10/16/2008 | Rogers Park Bench
Posted on October 16, 2008 4:25:41 PM PDT by Velveeta

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BLOG:

http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2008/10/aftab-madman-of-50th-ward.html

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008
“Aftab: Madman of the 50th Ward”

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Note: Photo included.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6449422

“Ex-aldermanic candidate faces assault charge”
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 4:38 PM

ARTICLE SNPPPET: “Salman Aftab is accused of following a motorist into a parking lot in Rolling Meadows and then hitting him repeatedly with a metal rod. Aftab is charged with one count each of battery and aggravated assault.”

[Cindy]

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS/81016005

“West Point reports theft of items totaling $400K; reward offered”
By Alexa James
October 16, 2008
WEST POINT -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The stolen goods included 330 Motorola Portable Astro Digital XTS 5000 radios, worth $1,142 each, and about 600 Ni-Cad batteries worth $87 each.

Investigators publicized the theft and introduced the reward this week. Anyone with information is asked to call Special Agent Jared Kalmes at 938-7548.”

[Cindy]

http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/davis.FBI.File.pdf

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Thanks to Interesting Times for the ping to this thread:

BLOG:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2107234/posts

“New Zeal: Obama’s Mentor, Frank Marshall Davis - Was He Still a Communist?”
New Zeal blog ^ | Oct 16, 2008 | Trevor Loudon
Posted on October 16, 2008 10:49:33 AM PDT by Interesting Times

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mexico
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_3028.html

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Thanks to Kyla Starr for the ping to this article:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20081016-0837-bn16tjshoot.html

“Clash in Tijuana leaves at least five dead”

UNION-TRIBUNE
8:37 a.m. October 16, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TIJUANA – At least five people are dead following a clash Wednesday night between soldiers and gunmen protecting a safe house near a junior high school in a residential area of the city.

A sixth body was found stashed inside a large cooler inside the residence.”

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=92091

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Mexico Updated Travel Alert and Security Information
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Mexico
16 Oct 2008

[Cindy]

Do YOU know how to protect yourself and your family?

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2107605/posts?page=8#8

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2107605/posts

UA student shoots 2 men who broke into his home
AP ^ | 16 October, 2008 | NA
Posted on October 16, 2008 5:57:37 PM PDT by marktwain

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A University of Arizona student fatally shot two men who forced their way into his off-campus home early Thursday, Tucson police said.

The 23-year-old student was in the small backyard guest house where he lived several blocks north of the university about 12:30 a.m. when two men in their 20s came to the door and forced their way in, police spokesman Sgt. Fabian Pacheco said. The student armed himself with a handgun and shot them both, then called police.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox11az.com ...

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terroristfinancing
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terrorismfinancing

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_meltdown_terrorist_financing_glance

“Glance at Islamic terror money”
By The Associated Press
Thu Oct 16, 5:39 PM ET

SNIPPET: “A look at the ways analysts say al-Qaida and other Islamic terrorist groups get money and how it has changed over time:”

[Cindy]

http://www.aba.com/NR/rdonlyres/36FAC700-4CE2-4213-84DE-95876F54CC8B/55924/ABABSAReport2008.pdf

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/10/proposal_to_amend_bank_secrecy.php

“Proposal to Amend Bank Secrecy Act Released”
By Andrew Cochran
(October 16, 2008, 4:18 pm)

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Previously...

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/assessment_of_international_co.php

“Assessment of International Counter-Financing of Terrorism Efforts Needed For Next Administration & Congress”
By Andrew Cochran
(May 7, 2008)

[Cindy]

www.memriiwmp.org/

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cyberjihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ejihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/electronicjihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internet

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/muslimbrotherhood
http://www.memri.org/egypt.html

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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2595019598

“Egypt: Sunni scholars sanction ‘electronic Jihad’”

Cairo, 16 Oct. (AKI) -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The religious edict (fatwa) issued by a committee from the highest authority in Sunni Islam, Egypt’s Al-Azhar University in Cairo, was published on the website of the Islamist Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement on Thursday.

“This is considered a type of lawful Jihad that helps Islam by paralysing the information systems used by our enemies for their evil aims,” said the fatwa.

“This Jihad is not different from the armed one. In fact, it might be more important if you consider the global dimensions of the Internet.

“Whoever wins this war will become the strongest in the realm of information,” the fatwa continued.

The Muslim Brotherhood praised the fatwa, which comes in response to dozens of questions from radicals asking to be allowed to destroy Israeli and United States websites.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taleban

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BLOG:

mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194449.php

October 16, 2008
“Even More Taliban Websites”

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51531

Coalition Forces Detain Six Suspects in Iraq

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2008 – Coalition forces continued to drive al-Qaida in Iraq out of the country yesterday and today, targeting terrorists during operations in Mosul and Baghdad, military officials reported.

During two related operations in Mosul ending yesterday, a wanted man and an additional suspect were detained by coalition forces. The wanted man is believed to have associated with a terrorist killed Oct. 5, officials said. The other detained man allegedly has ties to senior al-Qaida leaders.

Two more suspected terrorists were detained by coalition forces today during an operation targeting regional al-Qaida leadership in Mosul.

Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers detained two suspected members of an Iranian-backed illegal militia early yesterday in Baghdad’s Rashid district.

Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, detained another suspected Iranian-backed militia member in the Abu Tshir community. The suspect allegedly is responsible for torture activities and roadside-bomb attacks in the Hurriyah area, officials said. The patrol took the suspect to a coalition force base for additional questioning.

Later, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, detained a suspected Iranian-backed militia member in the Hadar community. The patrol moved the individual suspected of making car bombs for attacks against Iraqis to a coalition combat outpost for further processing.

In operations Oct. 14:

— Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers attached to the 10th Mountain Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team captured two suspected Iranian-backed militia members in eastern Baghdad’s New Baghdad district. One of the men reportedly is an illegal militia leader in Kamaliyah.

— Soldiers serving with the 4th Infantry Division’s Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, seized a munitions cache in Baghdad’s West Rashid district. The munitions included an eight-inch armor-piercing projectile, two improvised rocket rails, a smoke grenade, a 60 mm mortar round, two AK-47 assault rifle magazines with armor-piercing rounds, two AK-47 magazines with ball ammunition, 300 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,000 rounds of linked 7.62 mm ammunition and various bomb-making materials.

— Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, reported finding a 75 mm rocket-propelled grenade with a homemade launcher and improvised explosive device-making materials after searching an area in the Furat community of West Rashid based on a tip from a concerned citizen. The soldiers turned the materials over to a coalition forces explosives ordnance disposal unit and continued on their mission.

— Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, discovered two improvised claymore mines in Abu Tshir while investigating an abandoned house based on a tip from a concerned citizen in southeastern Rashid.

— Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, seized an RPG, an RPG launcher, an AK-47, 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm ammunition and blasting caps while searching an abandoned house in the Hayy Furat community of southern Baghdad’s Rashid district. The patrol notified an EOD unit to handle the weapons cache.

In operations Oct. 13:

— In Sharqat, Iraqi soldiers captured two suspected 1920 Revolutionary Brigade terrorist group leaders active in the Tigris River Valley. One of the individuals is believed to be providing funding to terrorist organizations, officials said.

— In Ayn Alwah, an Iraqi special weapons and tactics team detained a suspected IED and indirect fire cell leader. During the operation, SWAT confiscated an IED and a pressure-plate IED initiating system.

— An Iraqi emergency response brigade detained seven suspected al-Qaida in Iraq terrorists in Taji Shores. One of the men is said to be a military leader within the al-Qaida wing that operates in Taji Shores.

— In Kaira, Iraq soldiers captured a suspected weapons smuggler. The individual, said to have been an armorer in the Iraqi army during Saddam Hussein’s time, is believed to be fixing and stockpiling weapons for future operations, officials said. Iraqi soldiers confiscated several items and weapons components that indicate he is repairing weapons.

— In Mosul, Iraqi special operations forces captured three brothers believed to be responsible for planting roadside bombs.

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

[Cindy]

http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm

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UPDATE:

BLOG:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/al_qaeda_in_iraqs_se.php

“Al Qaeda in Iraq’s second in command was a Swedish citizen”
By BILL ROGGIOOctober 16, 2008 3:18 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Abu Qaswarah, al Qaeda in Iraq’s second in command who was killed by US forces in Mosul, was a naturalized Swedish citizen who was wanted by United States, according to information obtained by The Long War Journal.

Abu Qaswarah, whose real name is Mohamed Moumou, was killed in Mosul during an Oct. 5 raid on an al Qaeda command center. He detonated his vest after being mortally wounded and killed three women and three children.

The US military said Abu Qaswarah was a Moroccan who trained in al Qaeda camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1990s. He had close connections with Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the slain leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, and commanded al Qaeda forces in northern Iraq before being appointed second in command.

Today, a Swedish newspaper reported that Abu Qaswarah was a naturalized Swedish citizen. Abu Qaswarah was “born in Morocco and became a Swedish citizen in the 1990s,” The Local reported. He was tied in with the notorious Brandbergen Mosque in Stockholm, which has been linked to other terror suspects.”

[Cindy]

http://www.covertradioshow.com/

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http://www.covertradioshow.com/podcast.cfm?pid=85

“Covert Radio Show: AlQaeda, European Jihadists, Darfur and Pakistan”

DESCRIPTION: “Today Brett covers a ton of material in the world of terrorism and security— covering everything from Al Qaeda financing— guess what, the economy hasn’t affected AQ fundraising; plus European Isalmists on the march, the truth about who is shipping weapons to Darfur and huge gas reserves in Turkmenistan and a new Pakistani China Nuke Deal. Get all the info the media doesn’t want you to have. 60 Minutes.”

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=288922

“Bangladeshi Christian convert’s life threatened”
- OneNewsNow - 10/16/2008 9:30:00 AM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “DHAKA, Bangladesh – Muslim clerics and neighbors have ordered the father of a man who converted to Catholicism to remain confined to his house until retaliatory punishment can be exacted from the convert.

“Are you not ashamed that your son became Christian?” the founder of a mosque here asked Ruhul Amin Khandaker, father of a 32-year-old businessman who went to Australia earlier this year to court a Philippine Catholic woman, converting to her faith in April. “Why did you not sacrifice your son like cattle before telling the news to us?”

Khandaker has become a social outcast whose family lives under threat from fellow Muslims, in violation of Bangladesh’s constitution and international human rights safeguards. His son, Rashidul Amin Khandaker, has applied for protection from Australian immigration officials as he believes police in 88 percent-Muslim Bangladesh would do nothing to protect him from Islamists threatening to kill him.”

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08100110.htm

Thursday, October 16, 2008

“Iraq: Christains flee targeted terror
- a call to pray for Christians facing genocide in Iraq”

By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Northern Iraq’s Nineveh province is the historic homeland of Iraq’s indigenous Assyrian Christians. Christians forced to flee the religious ‘cleansing’ of Basra and Baghdad went north to Mosul and the relative safety of Nineveh. But not only has Mosul since become the base of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the status of northern Iraq is hotly contested by numerous political, ethnic and armed groups. As such, it is becoming increasingly volatile and dangerous, especially for Christians. They have been arming for self-defence, protesting the loss of their political rights and some have even been calling for an autonomous Christian-run province. This has doubtless inflamed groups with political and Islamic agendas. Murderous violence against Christians has skyrocketed forcing nearly 4000 Christians to flee their homes in Mosul in the past week. Please pray.”

[Cindy]

Note: Photo included.

BLOG:

http://www.jihadica.com/returnee-from-england/

“Returnee from England”
October 15th, 2008 | Jihadi media

BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: “Hani al-Siba`i, Egyptian Jihadi and provocateur extraordinaire, is being kicked out of the U.K. and sent back to Egypt. Hani, like Sayyid Imam, was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and convicted in absentia in the Returnees from Albania case. Sayyid Imam is serving a life sentence for his conviction and jail time surely waits for Siba`i. We’ll see if he maintains his harsh condemnation of Sayyid Imam’s and EIJ’s “reconsiderations” of jihad.”

[Cindy]

PROPAGANDA On The Internet:

www.youtube.com/user/home4islam