Threat Matrix: April 2007

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[WestCoastGal]

I very rarely eat out any more. I can’t even remember the last time. I think it was last year when the FReeper gang was visiting. And fast food places are definitely a no no!!

[Cindy]

Ditto that.

One every week or two and that’s about it for me.

[Cindy]

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Minnesota College to Install Facilities for Muslim Daily Prayers (to wash feet!)
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | April 12, 2007 | Katherine Kersten

Posted on 04/12/2007 3:12:25 PM PDT by anglian

Cultural clashes involving Islam have recently made headlines in Minnesota. At the airport, some Muslim taxi drivers refuse to transport passengers carrying alcohol; at Target stores, some Muslim cashiers won’t scan pork products. Now there’s a new point of friction: Minneapolis Community and Technical College is making plans to use taxpayer funds to install facilities for ritual foot-washing.

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[Cindy]

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Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 341
April 13, 2007 No.341

“As Part of Its Struggle Against the Muslim Brotherhood,
By L.Azuri**”
Introduction

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In recent months, as the Egyptian regime has been taking action against the Muslim Brotherhood, various spokesmen for Egypt’s religious establishment - the sheikh of Al-Azhar, the Mufti of Egypt, Egypt’s minister of religious endowments, and the vice-president of Al-Azhar University - have unanimously rejected the concept of a religious state headed by clerics, saying that this concept is incompatible with the principles of Islam. They have argued that Islam has from its outset decreed that there should be a civil democratic state with man-made laws, and that these laws may be based on Muslim religious law.

Columnists in the Egyptian government press also expressed objections to a state headed by clerics. Gaber ‘Asfour, lecturer at Al-Azhar University’s faculty of literature and head of Egypt’s Supreme Cultural Council, even depicted a cleric-led state as the tyrannical state longed for by Islamists, which would abolish civil liberties and endanger all humanity with jihad and a new form of Nazism.”

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Egyptian Daily: Democrats Invite Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader and Muslim Brotherhood MPs to Congress

The Egyptian opposition daily Al-Masryoon reported that high-level diplomatic sources said that Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi ‘Akef, several members of his office, and Muslim Brotherhood MPs had been invited by U.S. Democrat congressmen to visit the U.S. next month and to speak to Congress.

Source: Al-Masryoon, Egypt, April 12, 2007

Posted at: 2007-04-12

[Cindy]

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“Explosion at Yala market injures 11 (Thailand) “
Nation (Thai) ^ | Fri, April 13, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 04/12/2007 3:39:21 PM PDT by JimSEA

“Another bomb at bus terminal, four others defused; communal emotions run high”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A bomb exploded in a busy market yesterday, wounding 11 people as hundreds of angry Buddhists gathered in the town centre to call for tougher security measures.

The bomb, packed with shrapnel, was placed next to a pork stall inside a water pipe left behind by construction workers. Police believe the explosion was set off by mobile phone. Two soldiers and a police officer were among the injured.

A second bomb went off in the bathroom of Yala’s main bus terminal, but there were no injuries.

Reports of four other bombs had police rushing around Yala city to defuse them. The incidents forced the authorities to cut off signals for mobile phones in the province for most of the day.

Yala’s main city, meanwhile, was crawling with soldiers, armoured carriers and Humvees, forcing local business to a virtual standstill.”

[Cindy]

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016027.php

April 12, 2007

Prosecutor of jihadists shot dead
Here’s another reason why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers speaking out against jihad violence and Islamic supremacism. “Bangladesh: Prosecutor of Islamists Shot Dead,” from AKI, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

Dhaka, 12 April (AKI) - A prosecutor involved in a case against six Islamic militants in Bangladesh who were hanged two weeks ago, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the southern town of Jhalakathi, according to the Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star. Hyder Hossain was killed as he came out of a mosque after prayers near his home on Wednesday night. The Daily Star reported that Hyder had recently said that several people identifying themselves a members of the banned Islamic group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were threatening him over the telephone following the execution of the six JMB members.

Hyder was the special public prosecutor in the case involving the murder of two judges in November 2005 in the wake of a series of bombings in Bangladesh....

The JMB wants to establish Sharia Islamic law in Bangladesh and is one of three Islamic groups outlawed after the authorities linked them to the series of bomb attacks in 2005.

Posted by Robert at April 12, 2007 07:29 AM

[Cindy]

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“[BREAKING] N.J. Gov. Corzine Hurt In Car Accident”
WBZTV.COM ^ | 12 APRIL 2007 | AP

Posted on 04/12/2007 3:53:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

[Godzilla]

“Is it Legitimate to Use Nuclear Weapons Against the West? A Debate on An Islamist Forum”

What they better realize is the old adage that the strike must be a death blow, because the wounded bear will rip them apart (as well as turn areas on the Mid East) into fused glass.

[Cindy]

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Hey, it’s a white guy (or two or three?)

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Special Dispatch Series - No. 1541
April 13, 2007 No.1541

“Islamist Websites Monitor No. 85”

[Cindy]

Isn’t that the truth and any hunter worth his/her salt can attest to that.

[Cindy]

Speaking of white jihadis...

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/12/america/NA-GEN-US-American-Taliban.php

“’American Taliban’ moved to federal Supermax prison in Colo.”

The Associated Press
Published: April 12, 2007
FLORENCE, Colorado

[Godzilla]

Special Terrorism Summary 04/12/07
Taliban Offensive 2007

Some elements of the media have been heralding Taliban propaganda on how they are going to re-establish themselves in Afghanistan as well as the vaunted “spring offensive”. Well, here’s what is happening.

The 2006 “offensive” was extremely costly in the way of fighters, leaders, material and equipment. While they were able to gain an initial tactical surprise advantage, the Taliban moved in large groups that were easily targeted by coalition air power. As a result they lost a lot of fighters. As the winter of 2006/07 progressed, selective targeting took out many key leaders, hurting their capabilities even further. In the light of these significant losses, recruitment was far below what it had been in the past.

Coalition forces along with Afghan National Army units (ANA) have also taken the initiative away from the Taliban by striking out with their own offensive strikes first. This combined with the turmoil in the Taliban/AQ sanctuary (see next paragraph) has left them ill prepared to respond to.

While the Pakistani government basically ceded Waristian to the Taliban and AQ, a funny thing started to happen – they started fighting among themselves. Significant fights between Taliban sympathic tribes in Pakistan have broken out with the predominantly foreign fighters of AQ. This is possibly an outgrowth over the heavy losses of the previous year and resultant infighting. Also, tribal membership and pride is important and I suspect that the foreign AQ fighters intruded far too much on their guests hospitality.

The vaunted ‘thousands’ of suicide bombers the Taliban have claimed ready to use have so far been a resounding failure. In the attempts to use them, they have missed their targets, set them off prematurely or have been intercepted enroute. Failures in this tactic make it less likely that many will be willing to try and do better in the face of lowered morale.

Finally, the Taliban have been losing the PR fight to win the hearts of the Afghanies. Thwarted at military dominance, they have used selective bullying tactics against schools and other efforts to improve the life of the Afghans. The Afghans in turn have realized that the Taliban do not have their best interests in mind and are more supportive of the coalition and Afghan government. On source considers this strategy of being one where if the Taliban are not only hated but feared.

I expect that the Taliban ‘offensive’ will be less than spectacular or effective. They have serious issues that are currently tearing them apart. If they begin to move, early indicators suggest that they will once again use larger formations of men as in 2006. This will be like shooting ducks in a barrel for coalition forces.

[Cindy]

Great summary and analysis, Godzilla.

Thank you.

[Cindy]

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http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/186/the-spreading-al-qaeda-movement.com

Apr 12, 07:02
“The Spreading Al Qaeda Movement”

[Cindy]

Thanks La Enchiladita.
Updates appreciated.

[LucyT]

Thank you, Godzilla. Your informative summaries, and pings, are always appreciated.

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

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“Gathering of Eagles drew vets, ‘patriots’ to protect memorials”
Cumberland Times-News ^ | April 11, 2007 | Kristinn Taylor

Posted on 04/12/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by Lady J USA 1981

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“City prepares for nuke terror
Local officials restore long-abandoned fallout shelters, train for WMD emergency”
Posted: April 13, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Joseph Farah
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON – With the nation facing an increased threat from nuclear terrorism, at least one community is rebuilding a public fallout shelter program like those abandoned in the 1970s when Americans began believing surviving a nuclear event was not possible or not worthwhile.

In Alabama, the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, local schools and hospitals and businesses, has identified facilities suitable for public shelters against nuclear and radiological attacks for nearly half of the area’s 300,000 people.

Spending only tens of thousands of dollars, the agency has successfully trained 78 shelter managers and is in the process of attempting to identify and secure more facilities to protect the public from the effects of radiation following a nuclear event.

“Beyond identifying usable shelters, the community must be properly trained for operating a shelter,” says Kirk Paradise, plans coordinator for the Huntsville/Madison County Emergency Management Agency. “In our study, we outline a command and support organizational chart vital to successful shelter operation. This training can easily be implemented into a citizen emergency response training course.”

The agency also is awaiting grants for the installation of the once-familiar fallout shelter signs that would guide the public to the nearest facility in the event of a nuclear accident or attack.”

[Cindy]

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2007/04/13/nuclear_roulette

“Nuclear Roulette”
By Oliver North
Friday, April 13, 2007

[Cindy]

UPDATE to post no. 482
Note: It appears that the “Fatawaworthy?” List on the sidebar (item #6, http://radicalmuslim.blogsome.com/ ) has expanded.

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http://radicalmuslim.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/the-importance-of-being-fatwaworthy

“The Importance of Being Fatwaworthy?”
April 12, 2007

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