Threat Matrix: May 2007

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U.S. Seeks Closing of Visa Loophole for Britons
-Full Story-

Omar Khyam, the ringleader of the thwarted London bomb plot who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, showed the potential for disaffected young men to be lured as terrorists, a threat that British officials said they would have to contend with for a generation.

But the 25-year-old Mr. Khyam, a Briton of Pakistani descent, also personifies a larger and more immediate concern: as a British citizen, he could have entered the United States without a visa, like many of an estimated 800,000 other Britons of Pakistani origin.

American officials, citing the number of terror plots in Britain involving Britons with ties to Pakistan, expressed concern over the visa loophole. In recent months, the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, has opened talks with the government here on how to curb the access of British citizens of Pakistani origin to the United States.

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[Cindy]

http://www.lcsun-news.com/latest/ci_5909340

“Santa Fe Police Department looking into hiring Mexican nationals (10 a.m.)”
By The Associated Press
Article Launched: 05/16/2007 09:56:10 AM MDT

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SANTA FE (AP) — The Santa Fe Police Department is considering the possibility of recruiting Mexican nationals to fill vacant police jobs.

Sgts. Gillian Alessio and Marvin Paulk, who are in charge of the department’s recruiting and training, said Tuesday they are considering alternative approaches to fill 20 vacancies on the city’s 155-person police force.

But Police Chief Eric Johnson said New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy regulations prohibit non-citizens from serving as police officers.”

[Cindy]

http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373397
TERRORISM FOCUS

“The Kurdistan Brigades: Al-Qaeda’s Kurdish Henchmen”
By Lydia Khalil
(May 15, 2007)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=internet
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/27apr07/27apr07-salafy_forums.html

www.alhanein.com/vb/

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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373395
TERRORISM FOCUS

“Jihadis Encourage Lone Acts of Terrorism”
By Abdul Hameed Bakier

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A new article posted on the jihadi forum alhanein.com on May 4, entitled “Supporting the Islamic State by Single-Handed Terrorism,” instructs Islamist fighters to conduct lone acts of terrorism against people and groups involved with the Iraqi government. The article is authored by a user with the name Fahid al-Hadaithi who is relatively new to the forum (his first post was in February of this year), but already has more than 500 posts attributed to his name.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “When conducting individual terrorist acts, al-Hadaithi says that the mujahid fighter does not have to belong to a group physically since that could compromise his mission. While individual teams are recommended, al-Hadaithi says that the largest possible cell should include no more than five people.”

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016472.php

May 16, 2007
“’Should I call someone or is that being racist?’”
(NYPOST.com)

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

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016473.php

May 16, 2007
“’These days it sometimes feels really hard to be a Muslim in America’”

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22sudden+jihad+syndrome%22&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw

http://www.danielpipes.org/search/?v=8648839711&searchtext=sudden+jihad+syndrome&submit=Search

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

http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=sudden+jihad

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18351103&BRD=1718&PAG=461&dept_id=74409&rfi=6
(KENT COUNTY DAILY TIMES)

“IT WAS ONLY A DRILL”
Amanda K. Lowe, Daily Times
05/17/2007

COVENTRY -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Coventry Emergency Management Agency and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency jointly sponsored the exercise involving a simulated emergency.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The subjects walked unnoticed through the chorus and band area and were approached by Kim Sturdhal, a behavioral specialist at the school. The subjects shot Sturdhal and threw their chlorine bombs. An administrator heard the commotion and called for a lockdown of the school.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “First the students underwent gross decontamination, in which they were sprayed down by a fire hose. Next, the students entered a decontamination tent in which a team in fully enclosed suits washed the chemicals off the students. Ambulatory students were able to walk through the tent and non-ambulatory victims rode a conveyor belt through the tent.

“There are four chambers inside the tent,” said Frank Brown, Hopkins Hill Fire District chief. “There is an undress chamber, a wash chamber, a rinse chamber, and a redress chamber. They are washed with warm water and Johnson’s Baby Shampoo because that works best and is much less intrusive. The students are IDed by priority of who needs medical attention, and shipped to the hospital. It is a critical step to get the chemicals off the victims and to prevent the chemicals from getting on anyone else.””

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/tehran_1979.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
May 14 , 2007

“Iran preserves the ethos of the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran
by militant students in 1979”

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=28349

“Iran Crosses the Red Line “
By Kenneth R. Timmerman
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 17, 2007

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016469.php

May 16, 2007
“Bolton: We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb”
(TELEGRAPH.co.uk)

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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=Ahmadinejad&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKybO-zBkXQ
“Ahmadinejad in Iranian Club in Dubai”
(Added May 14, 2007)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQIocPCHg8
“Iran’s Ahmadinejad preparing for the coming of the 12th Imam”
(Added April 2, 2007)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ZtamS9D8M&mode=related&search=
“Inside Iran: Signs of the Apocalypse - Imam Mahdi”
(Added February 15, 2007)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykd-syzZ4ZY&mode=related&search=
“Iran’s Ahmadinejad on Holocaust”
(Added October 8, 2006)

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

http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=156

[Cindy]

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/16/worldupdates/2007-05-16T170027Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-298485-3&sec=Worldupdates

“Laos earthquake shakes Bangkok, Hanoi buildings”

By Crispian Balmer and Jon Boyle

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BANGKOK (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Laos on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok some 800 km to the south, and Hanoi to the east.

Shoppers fled some of the Thai capital’s many malls in panic and some high-rise office blocks were evacuated after they swayed.

People in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, also felt the tremor and office workers were ordered to leave some tall buildings.

An office worker holds his laptop after evacuating his office building in Bangkok May 16, 2007. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Laos on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok some 800 km (500 miles) to the south, and Hanoi to the east. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
“The building shook quite a bit and we were told to evacuate,” said Michael DiGregorio, a programme officer at the Ford Foundation, a U.S. philanthropic organisation with offices on the 15th floor of a Hanoi building.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on its Web site (http://earthquake.usgs.gov) the quake hit at 0856 GMT with its epicentre 92 miles (148 km) from the ancient Lao capital of Luang Prabang.”

[Cindy]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T330384.htm

“Gunman shoots three, takes hostage in Japan”
17 May 2007 10:24:12 GMT
Source: Reuters

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - A gunman, believed to be a former gangster, shot three people including a police officer in central Japan on Thursday, then holed up in his house with a female hostage and kept police at bay, local media said.

A man and a woman, whom Kyodo news agency said were the gunman’s son and daughter, were taken to hospital but the wounded police officer, who was lying on the ground in front of the house, could not be rescued because of threats from the gunman, media said.”

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3401287,00.html

Livni: Israel to act on ending Sderot attacks

Published: 05.17.07, 12:55 / Israel News

“In the absence of an effective plan by the international community to stop the rocket fire towards Sderot, Israel will act to end the attacks on its citizens,” Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday during a telephone conversation with Germany’s foreign minister.

“Israel expects the European Union to be involved in diplomatic efforts to stop Qassam fire,” Livni added, and demanded that Europe unequivocally condemn the rocket attacks. (Ronny Sofer)

[Cindy]

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

[Cindy]

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Thu May 17 2007 03:48:05 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution

April 10, 2007

[Velveeta]

Quite a collection of articles, Oorang.

[Velveeta]

>>>>“Judge in Internet Jihad trial: “I don’t really understand what a Web site is””

Okaaaay....sheesh.

[Velveeta]

Suspect in Fort Dix plot asks for bail

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) Of the six men charged last week with plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix, Agron Abdullahu had the smallest role - and did not intend to kill anyone, prosecutors say.

But, the U.S. Attorney’s Office argues, he should still be held in a detention center until his case is decided.

A judge on Thursday was to decide whether he should be freed on bail.

Abdullahu, 24, is charged with helping illegal immigrants obtain weapons, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

(snip)

He told an FBI informant he did not intend to kill anyone but wanted to learn about bomb making “just in case somebody pushes me to the limits,” according to a government legal brief filed Wednesday. (snip)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/nation/v-special/story/3621158p-12928062c.html

[BurbankKarl]

LAX terminal evacuated after inactive mortar shells found in luggage

BY JASON KANDEL, Staff Writer

Article Last Updated: 05/17/2007 07:52:28 AM PDT

Travelers were evacuated from Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport last night after baggage screening equipment detected two inactive World War II-era mortar shells inside luggage at a security checkpoint, police said this morning.

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad were called out to the airport just before 10 last night, said Los Angeles Police Officer Karen Smith, a spokeswoman.

Officials found the shells, inert novelty mock World War II drop bombs, which weighed about 5 pounds and were 10-inches long, inside the luggage of an unidentified woman in her 30s traveling to Canada. The bomb squad determined that the shells were not a threat and the shells were confiscated. The woman was not arrested.

About two hours later, the evacuated passengers were allowed back into the airport.

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Velveeta]

Explosion may have caused fish kill *Barbados*
Published on: 5/17/07.

AN EXPLOSIVE of unknown origin might have been responsible for the recent fish kill along the northern and eastern shorelines.

This was the word yesterday from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

“The types of injuries observed in the specimens, such as bloody eyes, bleeding from the gill region and the anus, along with general disfigurations in many, were consistent with the fish being exposed to a strong blast of some kind,” the ministry explained in a statement.

However, the Fisheries Department will continue investigations into the incident which left hundreds of fish dead. The species mostly affected were John Jacks which washed up on the beaches of River Bay, St Lucy; Martin’s Bay, St John; and Cattlewash and Bathsheba in St Joseph. (BGIS)

http://www.nationnews.com/story/307924399358785.php