Threat Matrix: October 2006

[nwctwx]

Karzai Says bin Laden Not in Afghanistan
-Full Story-

President Hamid Karzai has insisted that Osama bin Laden is not in his country, in the latest installment in a row with the leader of Pakistan who says the Al-Qaeda chief is in Afghanistan.

Other militant leaders including Islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were also not in the country, Karzai told reporters in a briefing about his visit to the United States that was overshadowed by the spat.

'I can assure you they are not in Afghanistan,' Karzai said yesterday after being asked for his reaction to comments by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who said Thursday that bin Laden is here.

	Musharraf: Bin Laden Is Alive and Hiding in Afghanistan
	Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency Comes under Fire
	Musharraf Warns West
	Behind the NIE

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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/10/video-arizona-911-memorial-designers-wanted-to-commemorate-hijackers/

"Video: Arizona 9/11 memorial designers wanted to commemorate hijackers"
posted at 7:06 pm on October 10, 2006 by Allahpundit

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http://ace.mu.nu/archives/200173.php
October 10, 2006
"AZ Memorial Update:
DESIGNERS WANTED TO ALSO COMMEMORATE DEATHS OF TERRORIST KILLERS!!!"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

http://www.memrifilms.org

http://www.memri.org/iran.html

http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=148

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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_920.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Tue Oct 10 2006 18:20:37 GMT-0700.

IRAN

October 10, 2006

The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Iran issued December 29, 2005.

Some elements of the Iranian regime and population remain hostile to the U.S. As a result, American citizens may be subject to harassment or arrest while traveling or residing in Iran. The Iranian regime continues to repress its minority ethnic and religious groups, including Azeris, Kurds, Bahai, ethnic Arabs and others. Consequently, some areas within the country where these minorities reside, including the Baluchistan border area near Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Kurdish northwest of the country, and areas near the Iraqi border, remain unsafe. Armed attacks on the road between Bam and Kerman this May also render this area unsafe.

Large-scale demonstrations have taken place in various regions throughout Iran over the past several years as a result of a sometimes-volatile political climate. U.S. citizens who travel to Iran despite this Travel Warning should exercise caution.

The U.S. government does not have diplomatic or consular relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and therefore cannot provide protection or routine consular services to American citizens in Iran. The Swiss government, acting through its Embassy in Tehran, serves as protecting power for U.S. interests in Iran. Neither U.S. passports nor visas to the United States are issued in Tehran. The Iranian Government does not recognize dual citizenship and generally does not permit the Swiss to provide protective services for U.S. citizens who are also Iranian nationals. In addition, U.S. citizens of Iranian origin who are considered by Iran to be Iranian citizens have been detained and harassed by Iranian authorities. Former Muslims who have converted to other religions, as well as persons who encourage Muslims to convert, are subject to arrest and prosecution.

Americans who travel or reside in Iran despite this Travel Warning are strongly encouraged to register through the State Department's travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov. If they are in Tehran, American citizens may also register in person at the U.S. Interest Section of the Swiss Embassy, located at Africa Avenue, West Farzan Street, no. 59, Tehran. The local telephone numbers are 021-8878-2964 and 021-8879-2364, fax 021-8877-3265, E-mail: vertretung@tie.rep.admin.ch.

U.S. citizens should also consult the Department of State's Consular Information Sheet for Iran, and the current Worldwide Caution and Middle East and North Africa Public Announcements, which are located on the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov. American citizens may also obtain updated information on travel and security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States or Canada, or, from overseas, 1-202-501-4444.

[Palladin]

Is Ramadan over yet?

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711848/posts?page=662#662

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP131706

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1317
October 11, 2006 No.1317

"Iranian Human Rights Activist and Nobel Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi: ‘We Want an Interpretation [of Islam] That Respects Women's Rights...; An Extremist Group Which Comes into Power and Violates Human Rights and Freedoms Loses Its Legitimacy’"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On September 24, 2006, the London daily Al-Hayat published an interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist. Ebadi served as a judge in Iran but had to give up her post after the Islamic Revolution due to the prohibition on women judges. In the interview, she talks of the battle for human and women's rights in Iran."

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP131606

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1316
October 11, 2006 No.1316

"Iranian President Ahmadinejad: ‘The Iranian People... [Can] Quickly Become an Invincible Global Power... As Soon as It Achieves Advanced Technologies’"

Today's Islamist Websites Monitor is about messages alerting Muslims to a new insult to Islam - a cube-shaped building being constructed in New York aimed at provoking Muslims. To read more, visit: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD131506 .


The following are excerpts from an address delivered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on the Iranian news channel (IRINN) on September 28, 2006.


TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT:http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1288 "

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717214/posts


"Defending himself, mother, boy kills intruder"
Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | October 10, 2006 | Beth Wilson and Mary Ann Cavazos

Posted on 10/10/2006 6:53:41 PM PDT by keepthefaith

[Cindy]

EVENT:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717182/posts

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714707/posts?page=1440#1440

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THANKS to MiaT for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716949/posts

"BEYOND NORTH KOREA - CLINTON DELUSIONS, DECEPTIONS + THE BOMB (hear hillary)
hillary clinton, bill clinton, Michael Kelly, jewishworldreview.com, CNN | 10.10.06 | Mia T"

Posted on 10/10/2006 10:59:55 AM PDT by Mia T

[Godzilla]

East side of Japan, false alarm.

[Cindy]

THANK YOU Godzilla.

[callmejoe]

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=276241

S. Korea military preparing for nuclear war contingency: Yonhap

SEOUL, Oct. 11 KYODO

South Korea's military has reported on its preparations for a nuclear war contingency on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of North Korea's claimed nuclear bomb test on Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday.

The report said the military's joint chiefs of staff reported to the defense minister for the second time in a week on the country's military preparedness for nuclear war.

==Kyodo

[Cindy]

Thank you CallMeJoe.

"nuclear war"

...and China had some units training for nuclear whatevers on the border of N.Korea.

I'd have to go back on my posts to find that.

It may be on our North Korea thread we're updating.

[Cindy]

Thanks CallMeJoe.
I was sitting in Turkey and looking at Bangladesh and...

YEP, you got it.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716064/posts?page=1703#1703

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716677/posts


Report: China cancels soldiers' leave on NK border
cnn ^ | POSTED: 0558 GMT (1358 HKT), October 10, 2006

Posted on 10/09/2006 11:56:58 PM PDT by maquiladora

DANDONG, China (AP) -- China has canceled leave for its soldiers along the North Korean border and some units are conducting anti-chemical weapons drills after the North's nuclear test, a Hong Kong newspaper with close ties to Beijing reported Tuesday.

Leaves were canceled for Chinese troops in Jilin province, which accounts for about 80 percent of China's border with the North, the Wen Wei Po reported. Some units were "conducting anti-chemical drills," it said, without elaborating.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717268/posts


"Alaska oil pipeline reopens, Prudhoe Bay due soon"
Reuters ^ | Oct 10, 2006 10:49pm ET | Reuters

Posted on 10/10/2006 9:05:33 PM PDT by thackney

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline reopened on Tuesday after a near 10-hour outage due to flooding that caused communications problems, while the state's giant Prudhoe Bay oilfield was due back online soon, operators said."

[Velveeta]

Lawrenceville Secured After Bomb Scare In Warehouse
Police Clear Scene

LAWRENCEVILLE, Pa. -- The city dispatcher said a suspicious device was found Tuesday in a refrigerator at the Sears warehouse and repair facility on 51st Street in Lawrenceville.

Officials said the object, possibly a vial or tube, had liquids inside with wires sticking out of it.(snip)
http://www.wpxi.com/news/10045325/detail.html

[brucecw]

Is Ramadan over yet?

Ramadan is not yet over - it will last until around October 23 or 24. The exact date varies by country or region and depends on when the new moon is sighted in each country. A few countries use the computed astronomical new moon rather than an actual sighting.

[Velveeta]

FBI Agents Still Lacking Arabic Skills
33 of 12,000 Have Some Proficiency

Five years after Arab terrorists attacked the United States, only 33 FBI agents have even a limited proficiency in Arabic, and none of them work in the sections of the bureau that coordinate investigations of international terrorism, according to new FBI statistics.(snip)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001388.html

[Cindy]

Thanks to a Special Emailer for the ping to this post:

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=26049

"Another bomb found in North Cotabato"
Metro Manila, Mindanao on heightened alert

By Thea Alberto
INQ7.net, Associated Press
Last updated 11:11am (Mla time) 10/11/2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ANOTHER bomb was found in the province of North Cotabato early Wednesday, according to a GMA Network "Flash Report."

The report said the bomb found at the Makilala municipal hall was similar to the one that exploded in a stall selling alcohol Tuesday night, killing at least six people and wounding 29 others.

The prompt discovery by authorities prevented what could have been another explosion, the report said."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""We suspect that the explosions were made by groups sympathetic to Dulmatin. A second motive is that they could have been sympathetic attacks over the arrest of Dulmatin’s wife," Calderon said in a phone interview on the morning newscast of GMA Network's "Unang Hirit" on Wednesday.

Calderon said the hunt was ongoing for Dulmatin and another JI comrade Umar Patek."

[Cindy]

Thanks to Hegemony for the ping to this earlier post.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714707/posts?page=1456#1456

To: All; Cindy
Police say bombing kills at least 6 in southern Philippines

October 10, 2006

MANILA, Philippines At least six people died and another 29 were wounded in a bomb explosion during a town festival in the southern Philippines, where security forces have been on alert for possible al-Qaida-inspired attacks, officials said.

North Cotabato provincial Police Chief Federico Dulay said the bomb, believed to be made from an 88mm mortar shell, went off at about 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) Tuesday in front of the town hall of Makilala town, in the southern part of the province.

"Clearly this is a terrorist act," Dulay said.

-snip-
"We believe that terrorists are in the final stages of planning further attacks," said the British advisory, posted on the embassy's Web site.

More:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/11/asia/AS_GEN_Philippines_Deadly_Bombing.php


1,456 posted on 10/10/2006 7:53:25 PM PDT by hegemony (Bring back Brilliant Pebbles)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.fbi.gov

http://www.fbijobs.gov/

http://www.fbijobs.gov/124.asp

[Cindy]

Now that is interesting.

Updates appreciated.