Threat Matrix: December 2006

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Fighting Jihad in Cyberspace
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The setting is familiar to anyone who watches the evening news. A large, executive-style desk, a laptop perched on top, a logo in the background and a screen showing shifting images to reinforce the newsreader's message. The only difference is the presenter, who is swathed in an Arab headdress and masked to hide his identity, and the subject of the broadcast, a call for an Islamic state for Iraq and a vow to use Iraq as a launching pad to crush the "Zionists" in Israel.

Welcome to the "Voice of the Caliphate", the latest offering from the Global Islamic Media Front, widely regarded as the mouthpiece of al-Qaeda and the worldwide jihadist movement.

Distributed over the internet, the mock news format is just one of many employed by al-Qaeda's highly sophisticated propaganda arm.

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[Cindy]

Thanks Oorang for all the links/snippet.

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/21569.html

OPINION: I read this article on another site about "UK MUSLIMS REFUSE TO WASH HANDS IN HOSPITAL" and I thought to myself that not washing one's hands while working in a hospital is like not washing one's hands while working in a restaurant. In my opinion, that falls somewhere between a criminal act and a firing offense.

[Rushmore Rocks]

......"criminal act and firing offense".......

IMHO, it is both. And should be treated as such.

[Cindy]

In our household, the adage "cleanliness is next to godliness" applies 24/7.

[Cindy]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=23831_So_Long_and_Thanks_for_All_the_Arafish&only

Saturday, December 30, 2006

"So Long and Thanks for All the Arafish"
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3346342,00.html

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"Palestinians on Saddam: We lost a leader"

Published: 12.30.06, 19:57

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "VIDEO - Many in the Palestinian Authority on Saturday lamented the execution of Saddam Hussein, who received a special status among the Palestinians."


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Adding to post no. 1555:

NOTE TO ALL: THIS IS GRAPHIC.

All of the links except the top link are audio/video links of Saddam Hussein's hanging.

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760439/posts

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7532034279766935521

http://pandachute.com/videos/leaked_saddam_being_hung_video

http://one.revver.com/watch/130549

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/12/30/video-saddams-execution-uncut/

[Rushmore Rocks]

Right now, I have to laugh at this. Normally that rule applies here. But I have a three year old grandson and an eighteen month old granddaughter here for the weekend. Andrew tracked in wild turkey poop on his shoes, Olivia dumped fruit puffs all over our bed, their dog (also staying with us) threw up half a deer leg (seems like) on my freshly cleaned carpet. Their cat (also staying with us) decided it was time to urp up a couple of hair balls on the kitchen floor. I just turned them all over to their grandpa who is fixing them ice cream cones. I needed a break. I'm afraid to leave the computer room to see what new disaster awaits.

Pretty soon they will have bubble baths, a story or two, and bedtime.

In spite of my complaints, I'm loving every minute of it. What special blessings grandchildren are.

I wish you a wonderful and peaceful New Year.

[Cindy]

I love that post, RR.

Give those kids and grandpa a big hug for me.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Grand kids are special,...cept they still grow up too fast!

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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


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Recap:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26089
"Ireland's Terror Cells"
By Tom Carew
No surrender-Ne Pasaran | December 20, 2006

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


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


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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760465/posts


"Freed Jihadis Put Pakistan's War On Terror 'Back To Square One', Say Senior Officers"
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12-31-2006 | Massoud Ansari - Gethin Chamberlin

Posted on 12/30/2006 5:43:51 PM PST by blam

"Freed jihadis put Pakistan's war on terror 'back to square one', say senior officers"

By Massoud Ansari in Karachi and Gethin Chamberlain, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:20am GMT 31/12/2006

[Rushmore Rocks]

I agree, they do grow up too fast. Our oldest granddaughter will be 25 next week......the youngest eighteen months. Quite an age span there. Each of the seven has brought a special and individual joy to our lives. My special prayer is to leave them a peaceful world.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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


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

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

[Oorang]

Package disguised as a bomb had no explosives
Saturday Dec. 30. 2006

FARGO (AP) - Authorities are looking at surveillance tapes to help determine how a package disguised as a bomb was left outside the downtown federal courthouse.

The package was found under a gas main on the north side of the building around noon on Friday. The Red River Valley Bomb Squad was called in to investigate, and the building was evacuated.

Excerpted

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/12/30/news/state/126238.txt

Explosives, Rab garb found at militant den
Dec.c31, 2006

Law enforcers yesterday seized bomb-making materials and uniforms of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) when they busted two militant dens at Mograpara in Narayanganj and Kaliakoir in Gazipur following leads from two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists arrested in Tangail on Friday.

The items seized from Mograpara in Narayanganj include power gel and detonators used in preparing bombs, seven sets of black uniform that resembles Rab uniform, seven pairs of black boots, four masks, 26 Islamic books, one CD, some documents and a handwritten letter.

Bomb-making materials recovered from a house at Shafipur under Kaliakoir in Gazipur include 21 detonators, 500grams coal powder, transistor coil and four batteries. Besides, police arrested one and picked up three others from Kaliakoir area for interrogation. JMB commander Hasan had rented the house three months back.

Ex erpted

http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/12/31/d61231011411.htm

[Cindy]

Hmmm...regarding Fargo, was it testing or someone pointing to a security concern in an improper manner or (fill in the blank)?

Updates appreciated.

[FrogHawk]

In spite of my complaints, I'm loving every minute of it. What special blessings grandchildren are.


AMEN!!!!

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Cindy]

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

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stepping back in time to a couple of 2002 articles and some new posts with piasa:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/719980/posts?page=3#3
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/719980/posts?page=4#4

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/719980/posts

"Greek police arrest Marxist terrorist as US pressure builds"
The New Australian ^ | July 2002

Posted on 07/21/2002 1:49:00 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/722971/posts?page=12#12

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/722971/posts

"Suspected November 17 Terrorist Admits CIA Killing"
Europe Daily ^ | July 26 2002 | AP

Posted on 07/26/2002 3:35:13 PM PDT by knighthawk

ATHENS, Greece (AP)

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014621.php

December 30, 2006

Western media, bent on discrediting Islam and jihad, plants bomb on Iraqi bus -- no, wait...

It was Sunni jihadists, taking time out from their inner spiritual struggle to set off a bomb on a minibus full of Shi'ites. "Bomb kills 31, wounds 58 in Iraqi town," by Lauren Frayer for Associated Press, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:



BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb planted on a minibus killed 31 people in a fish market in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad on Saturday, and the man blamed for parking the vehicle was cornered and killed by a mob as he walked away from the explosion.
There was no indication that the explosion, in Kufa, a Shiite town 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital, was related to the execution of
Saddam Hussein. The attack came on the eve of when Iraq's Shiites begin celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar. Shoppers had crowded the market to buy supplies for the four-day festival.

At least 58 people were wounded, said Issa Mohammed, director of the morgue in the neighboring town of Najaf.



Posted by Robert at December 30, 2006 06:37 PM

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760519/posts?page=14#14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760519/posts

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53526


"Pastors' convictions for quoting Quran overturned
Case was brought under version of 'hate crimes' legislation"
Posted: December 28, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two Australian pastors who were convicted of "vilifying" Muslims when they quoted from the Quran during a seminar on jihad have had their appeals upheld by the Victorian Supreme Court.

And while that means they will return to a lower court for another trial, that actually is a good result, according to a new report from Voice of the Martyrs.

"In a sense we are happy with this decision… It means this case will be kept alive in the public consciousness," Pastor Danny Nalliah said in a VOM report. "There's a need to keep these vilification laws in sharp focus to reveal the problems this law is creating."

(Story continues below)



The Australian law was imposed in order to prevent the denigration of people based on their race or religion, and similar laws also have been approved in Canada, where critics of the law say they include sexual orientation and forbid pastors from condemning homosexuality as a sin.

Many of the "hate crimes" proposals in the United States are based on a similar concept: designating as "crimes" the statements people make about their own beliefs or convictions.

In a statement released through Catch the Fire Ministries, where Nalliah serves as president, he thanked his friends for their moral, prayer and financial support during the trial and appeal process to date.

"The battle for Freedom to express Truth is far from over, as a retrial at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (with a different Judge) is expected sometime next year… I believe the Lord will continue to use this case to further awaken His Church, our nation of Australia, the nations of the world, and to discredit the vilification laws in Victoria," he wrote.

Nalliah and Pastor Daniel Scot were charged following a complaint filed by The Islamic Council of Victoria, and were the first people found guilty of religious vilification under the Victorian Religious and Racial Tolerance Act of 2002. They were accused of vilifying Muslims at a seminar on jihad on March 9, 2002.

VOM said the two were lecturing on the differences between Christianity and Islam, and quoted directly from the Quran.

After his conviction, Nalliah had refused to apologize."

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=61105

you are here: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
"Warden Message: Burundi Highway Banditry"
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Sub-Saharan Africa - Burundi
29 Dec 2006

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=61093

you are here: Home > Reports > Safety and Security Reports > Report
"Dhaka Demonstrations December 29 - January 2"
Safety and Security
South / Central Asia - Bangladesh
28 Dec 2006