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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

Home grown Islamists may hit US: FBI chief
Full Story

WASHINGTON -- The United States could be attacked by "home grown" Islamist terror groups, the FBI's chief has warned.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the London Financial Times newspaper in an interview published Thursday that the United States could face attacks from "home-grown terrorism" very similar to the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people and wounded another 700, Mueller said.

When asked if the United States could face such attacks from "home-grown groups", Mueller answered emphatically: "Absolutely, it could," the Financial Times said.

Related:
U.S. Officials Warn on Global Reach of al-Qaida
U.S. seeks more cooperation to fight terrorism
FDNY Chaplain Resigns After 9/11 Remarks
Nuclear option escalates jihad threat

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[nw_arizona_granny]

Each time I read one of your Military posts, I marvel at the numbers of weapons they are finding and the types.

The amount of money required to buy that many weapons, is mind blowing.

You would think the terrorist would be so busy collecting funds, that there would be no time to use them........

[nw_arizona_granny]

Laughing.......

It was one of the 10,043 unopened emails in my Yahoo mailbox, I spotted it last night.

Who knows what else is in it?

Rabbits in Cuba and other diseases that were in Cuba first, as in West Nile Virus.......

No, of course we won't think THAT......

Have you googled for dog disease and Cuba?

We were threatened with dog disease, and once again, it starts linking the communist and the terrorist......

[Cindy]

6 web sites later...and still no name of the suspect.
It could be he may have had no ID and/or it could be he's in no
condition yet to talk.

I don't know.

UPDATES appreciated.

[Cindy]

Fundraising is in person and on the internet and at function...

[Cindy]

Fundraising is in person and on the internet and at functions...

[freeperfromnj]

That is why the TM is unique. All thoughts, opinions and suggestions are welcome here.

[freeperfromnj]

Marines taken hostage: Al-Qaeda

From correspondents in Dubai
October 03, 2005

AL-QAEDA'S branch in Iraq has claimed the abduction of two US marines and threatened to kill them unless US forces released Sunni Muslim female prisoners within 24 hours, according to an Internet statement.

"The Al-Qaeda soldiers were able to take two so-called 'marines' captive after they encircled a foot patrol of the crusaders in the western region," Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers said.

The statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, said the patrol was taking part in "the so-called 'Iron Fist"' offensive along the Syrian border.

"Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Land of Two Rivers gives the crusaders 24 hours to release Sunni Muslim women from their and their (Shiite) lackeys' prisons ... in Baghdad, Mosul and elsewhere," said the statement posted on an Islamist website.

The statement, parts of which were reported earlier by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel, warned that unless the women prisoners were freed, the US army should "not bother to look for their sons."

"Let it be known to them that the mujahedeen (holy warriors) are itching to slaughter those (alleged hostages) ... to avenge the blood of the Sunni people being shed at their (Americans') hands and the hands of their stooges in the apostate (Iraqi) government," the statement said.

It was accompanied by the signature of the group's purported spokesman, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi.

When asked about the claim, a US military spokesman in Baghdad said that "As of now, we have no information to release."

On Saturday, the US military announced the start of Operation 'Iron Fist' in and around the village of Sadah in Iraq's restive Euphrates Valley, the latest offensive aimed at rooting out Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents in the border region.

A force of 1,000 troops backed by fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships have so far killed eight insurgents in the offensive aimed at improving security ahead of the vote on the country's post-Saddam Hussein constitution.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16796274%255E1702,00.html

[Cindy]

Thanks freeperfromnj for that article.
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051002_2914.html

U.S. Doubts al Qaeda Kidnapping Claim

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2005 – A full accountability check is under way today following what is believed to be a false al Qaeda claim of having kidnapped two U.S. Marines in western Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials said today.
A statement posted today on a Web site used by al Qaeda asserts the kidnappings and issues a 24-hour ultimatum to U.S. forces to release female Sunni Muslim prisoners, press reports said.

Military officials said there are no indications that the claims are true, but Multinational Force West is conducting checks to verify that all Marines are accounted for, officials said.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

The al Qaeda claim comes during Operation Kabda bil Hadid, or "Iron Fist," an offensive involving some 1,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team 2 cracking down on insurgents operating in Western Iraq.

The troops are engaging numerous terrorists in and around Sa'dah, some 12 kilometers east of the Syrian border, officials said.

Earlier today, terrorists forcibly entered and building and began firing on Marines, officials said. Unable to suppress the fire, the Marines fired one round from an M1A1 Abrams tank into the building, injuring five civilians. Officials said four of the civilians were treated for minor injuries and released and one was evacuated to Baghdad, where he is reported to be in stable condition.

This afternoon, a suicide bomber prematurely detonated his vehicle, killing one terrorist, officials said.

Shortly after, near Karabilah, Marines were engaged by rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire from a building. They returned fire, killing eight terrorists, officials said.

Coalition forces have detained four terrorists, officials said, and no Marine casualties or kidnappings have been reported.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)


Related Site:
Multinational Force Iraq

[Cindy]

Note: The following text snippet is an exact quote from infovlad.net:
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http://www.infovlad.net

Mujahideen In Sweden Releases Statement On Training Activities In Skane
September 26th, 2005 at 3:33 pm by 4353fsdf2 (General)

http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=104453&list=/home.php&

http://sunnahserver.x10hosting.com/

Mash’Allah! Subhanu wal-mujahedun! Allahu akbar!

I hope they train and travel to iraq in sake of Allah(swt)

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Jihadi Files Update - September 2005
September 20th, 2005 at 8:30 am by Vladimir (General)

September 30th

http://crusader.rulez.jp/files/0930200501.rm

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/10/008397print.html

October 02, 2005

Gunmen told: take British hostages

In an act of pure 7th-century diplomacy, Al-Sadr calls for British hostages to be seized, so that he can use them to buy back two of his top men, held in Basra by the British. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Granny Weatherwax:


THE radical Shi’ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr has authorised his militia to kidnap two Britons in Iraq in the hope of swapping them for two of his senior officials who are held in Basra by British forces.
A senior official from al-Sadr’s Mahdi army in Baghdad said that al-Sadr had given the order after last month’s dramatic rescue of two SAS men whom he had been hoping to use as bargaining chips.

The source said al-Sadr had given British authorities until yesterday to release his men, but they had failed to do so.

“In return for our two officials, two Britons will be taken,” the source said. The two need not necessarily be from the British military, but could be civilians, he added.

The source claimed that the Mahdi army had already pinpointed two British targets working for private security companies in the affluent Mansour district of Baghdad. Several British security firms have bases in the area.

Posted at October 2, 2005 06:44 PM

[freeperfromnj]

Thanks for the follow-up links on the OU bomb story. I had a busy weekend with visitors and haven't had time follow any of the news. I just checked in a little while ago and saw the OU story. They aren't talking about it on cable news. I'm going to scan your links and catch up on the story.

[Cindy]

I hope you had a good weekend.

The incident is interesting.

Hard coverage (or lack of it) on
this incident is interesting, also.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495446/posts


"Border Patrol agent kills suspect who grabs gun"
San Diego UNION ^ | OCT. 2, 2005 | SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES

Posted on 10/02/2005 6:08:58 PM PDT by radar101

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1495407/posts

Armed dolphins may be missing (waterproof tin foil alert)
China Daily ^ | September 30, 2005

Posted on 10/02/2005 7:51:39 PM EDT by WestTexasWend

It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Cindy]

Note: These video clips are on the current front page (with links to the transcripts) on memritv.org:

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http://www.memritv.org

Al-Qaeda Iranian Defense Program


#872 - Egyptian Military Expert General Muhammad Khalaf: 9/11 Was Carried Out by Americans. First Terror Operation Took Place in Wall Street in September 1920
Mihwar TV (Egypt) - 9/11/2005 - 00:06:53


#871 - Egyptian Newspaper Editor Abd Al-Halim Qandil: Mubarak Plans to Get His Son, Gamal, Appointed President
Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 9/22/2005 - 00:03:51


#870 - Participants in Damascus Symposium on Terrorism Agree: The US Is Responsible for Global Terrorism
Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 9/14/2005 - 00:09:50


#869 - (2) Al-Qaeda's Internet News Broadcast Expresses Solidarity with Al-Jazeera Reporter Tayseer 'Alouni Who Was Sentenced to Seven Years in Jail by a "Crusader Infidel Spanish Court"
The Internet - 9/28/2005 - 00:01:33

[Cindy]

WorldNetDaily.com: "BALI BLASTS KICK OFF EARLY 'RAMADAN OFFENSIVE'" (October 2, 2005) (Read More...)

[MamaDearest]

Will we ever learn?

We haven't yet!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Date: 2 Oct 2005 From: ProMED-mail Source: Roanoke Times, Virginia, USA [edited] _____________________________________________________________ Is the doggie flu epidemic overblown? Despite recent research and reports about the canine illness, a Virginia Tech expert thinks so. Virginia Tech researcher Dr. Brad Fenwick has spent years battling the various ailments that occasionally sweep through racing-dog populations. Lately, though, the internationally recognized greyhound expert has found himself working to prevent the spread of what he deems undue panic among dog owners about canine flu. -------------------------------- For the 2nd time in 4 months, newspapers and other media outlets worldwide have carried alarming stories about a new, potentially deadly strain of influenza that has sickened thousands of dogs. And for the 2nd time, Fenwick is strongly and publicly disputing what he sees as media "overhype" of a doggie flu that, while fatal on rare occasions, likely comes and goes without most dog owners even noticing. He is urging the dog-owning public to remain calm. "This is a lot like a winter cold for humans," said Fenwick, who is also the vice president for research at Virginia Tech. "We sneeze. We cough a little bit. We go to work. We don't take antibiotics and we're fine. We get over it." -------------------------------- News outlets 1st caught wind of the story in the spring, when more than a dozen greyhounds at a Massachusetts racetrack died suddenly of a flu-like illness. The sickness resembled "kennel cough," a relatively common and rarely deadly syndrome that causes coughing, runny nose and other respiratory problems in dogs. But the flu was more contagious. Tracks in other states reported similar outbreaks, although with fewer or no deaths. --------------------------------- The virus, as well as media attention, waned until this week [final week September 2005], when Science magazine published a report on the flu by a team of researchers. The group wrote that the flu virus, which they believe began in horses and made the rare leap to dogs, appears to have spread beyond greyhounds into the domestic dog population in Florida and other states. The true scope is yet unknown. "The canine influenza virus is really the new kid on the block for veterinarians to consider in their differential diagnoses for kennel cough," said Dr. Cynda Crawford, a University of Florida professor and lead researcher, during a Centers for Disease Control press conference this week. --------------------------------- Crawford and her colleagues estimated that the new canine flu had a mortality rate of 5 percent to 8 percent. Alluding to alarmist media reports and rumors, Crawford said the flu is "not the deadly virus that certain sources have played it up to be" and recommended that dog owners maintain their habits regarding kennels, groomers and dog park. ----------------------------------- Fenwick does not dispute most of the group's scientific findings, but he believes the 5 percent to 8 percent mortality figures are "outrageously high." Fenwick, whose research team is developing a vaccine for the flu, said his studies have found that less than one percent of all infected dogs even need treatment with antibiotics to prevent secondary infection, which is what often causes flu-related deaths. Among those one percent, a small number died from the illness. Fenwick attributed the high mortality seen at isolated tracks to delayed or inappropriate treatment. "We deal with outbreaks that are much more serious all of the time," Fenwick said. Crawford could not be reached on Friday [30 Sep 2005]. --------------------------------- Fenwick, who sent a letter to track and kennel owners nationwide at the urging of the American Greyhound Council, also called any suggestion that the dog flu could transfer to humans "irresponsible to the extreme." Fenwick recommended that dog owners keep a watch over dogs that begin coughing, sneezing or exhibiting other signs. Most will heal by themselves. Dogs that become depressed or stop eating and playing, however, should be brought to a veterinarian immediately, he said. ----------------------------------- Canine flu does not appear to be causing problems in the Roanoke and New River valleys. "I'm having some owners ask about it, but I really haven't seen any cases here," said Dr. Randall Young with Christiansburg Veterinary Clinic. ---------------------------------- Dr. Steve Karras from Cave Spring Veterinary Clinic said his office has also received numerous calls from dog owners concerned about their dogs or the possibility of pets passing it to humans. Karras, who has not seen any flu cases, said he is urging owners to keep their dogs' vaccinations for kennel cough and other illnesses current to prevent secondary infection should the flu spread locally. [Byline: Kevin Miller] ------------------------------------ -- ProMED-mail [There are multiple reports of canine influenza on the news wires. Most of them are reporting an epidemic of this disease in dogs. However, it is prudent to realize that only approximately 10 percent of dogs are affected, and those are primarily greyhounds. This situation also illustrates how awareness by both veterinarians and the dog-owning public causes the appearance of an epidemic of diagnosis. ----------------------------------- The public is much more aware of the disease and is more attuned to clinical signs in their dogs. Veterinarians are more aware of an influenza in dogs and are likely to be more attuned to those signs in dogs. Consequently, the stories of where the disease has appeared make it seem the disease is spreading. --------------------------------- There is indication that this particular influenza has jumped species, from horses to dogs. But given that influenza viruses are survivors in the environment, it is not surprising the virus would find another way to survive. Most of these articles also point out canine influenza virus may have come from horses. ----------------------------------- The following websites and headlines all illustrate essentially the same news story, with different locales and different veterinarians: ----------------------------------- Dog flu arrives in Oregon, Associated Press, Kgw.com, Oregon and SW Washington ______________________________________________________________ Vet Association: Canine Flu Found In Southern California; Researchers Consider Virus Highly Contagious, Potentially Fatal _____________________________________________________________ The article above is somewhat different. - Mod.TG] [see also: Influenza, canine - USA (multistate)(02) 20050925.2830 Influenza, canine - USA (multistate) 20050923.2811 2004 ---- Undiagnosed illness, canine - USA (FL)(02) 20040730.2081 Undiagnosed illness, canine - USA (FL) 20040701.1753] ..................tg/msp/dk

[MamaDearest]

"Federal judge says illegal aliens’ privacy trumps public’s right to know"

No comment - none that I can post on TM anyway.

[Godzilla]

I'm here.