Threat Matrix: 2009

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[Velveeta]

Cheney warns of new attacks

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[WestCoastGal]

Merry Christmas to all of you - have a safe and wonderful time.

I am working and will not have access to computer.

[JustPiper]

Jamaat ul Fuqra and Compounds in the U.S.

According to one member of Jamaat ul Fuqra participating in a paramilitary exercise at an Islamic center in New York, “we are getting ready…the Day of Atonement is close at hand.”

MUST WATCH if you've not seen already since last Thursday:

New MOA Terror Training Video Exposed

CAN in Action

ACT for America Search

[Godzilla]

Thanks piper, seen them. Going out to stock up on some more ammo and get some range time in this holiday season.

[Palladin]

Thanks for the heads-up.

This story should be front page news, I think.

[jersey117]

Interesting thread

Why Is Islamberg Now a Ghost Town?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413157/posts?q=1&;page=1

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping jersey117.

[JustPiper]

There was a thread several days ago that prompted the SOS at TM. It got pulled

[JustPiper]

This story should be front page news, I think.

You are 110% correct!

Exclusive: Ignoring the National Security Crisis at Our Doorstep

The Jihadists in America

WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THE RADICAL MUSLIM COMPOUND-ISLAMBERG EXPOSED FINALLY-by Michael Travis thelastcrusade.org.

[JustPiper]

Known Jamaat ul-Fuqra camps-(Also known as Muslims of America and Quranic Open University)

[jersey117]

Hi JP. Pardon my ignorance, but what is the SOS?

[JustPiper]

Distress Call :)

[JustPiper]

The Bloggers are going nuts on the Compounds:

Jihad Training Camps on American Soil-The islamic terror group jamaat ul fuqra is being allowed to conduct paramilitary training at camps around America and the authorities won't touch it.

Very Emotional Plea-" You had best Pray often and keep your power dry!"

Then there's this by Brigitte Gabriel

Jamaat ul Fuqra and Compounds in the U.S. Wake up Folks! When are you going to start paying attention?

[JustPiper]

Sorry about that url:

Wake up Folks!

[JustPiper]

Rewind

WND was the first place I first heard about the compounds February 17, 2006

Group left off terror list operates 35 training camps across U.S.

Read Related stories at bottom of article

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Haven’t checked in in a while. Glad I did. Merry CHRISTmas all you TM’ers!! I see I have some serious catching up to do.

[Oorang]

Bosnia court charges Muslim group for "terrorism"
22 Dec 2009

SARAJEVO - Bosnia's state court indicted a group of radical Muslims on Tuesday on charges of terrorism and arms trafficking, saying they had planned to destabilise the country. A total of five people were charged with being in the group which, the court said, "purchased and possessed weapons, explosive and various products suitable for making improvised explosive devices."

Police had also found video recordings of trainings in the use of arms and combat activities, the court said in a statement. "All of this was prepared in order to carry out an attack on one of the identified objects ... with the aim to seriously intimidate the citizens and destabilise the fundamental political, constitutional, economic and social structures of Bosnia and Herzegovina," it said. The court did not name the possible targets but local media reported the group had planned to attack a Catholic cathedral in Sarajevo and a monastery in the central town of Fojnica.

Some media also said the group might have planned attacks on the international peace force deployed in Bosnia as well as on Bosnia's own armed forces, whose units are expected to join international troops in Afghanistan next year. Some members of the group were arrested last year but released due to lack of evidence. Media said they were members of the fundamentalist Wahabbi branch of Islam, which has in recent years attracted young Bosnian Muslims. Many foreign Islamic fighters or mujahideen arrived in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war to fight along Bosnian Muslims against Serbs and Croats. Most of them have left the Balkan country under U.S. pressure but some have remained.

http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE5BL0MQ.htm

British embassy in Yemen targeted by Al-Qaeda
24 December 2009

The British embassy in Sanaa was the target of an Al-Qaeda suicide plot foiled by Yemeni authorities last week. An Al-Qaeda cell dismantled in Arhab, 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of the capital, last week “was aimed at infiltrating and blowing up targets, including the British embassy, foreign interests and government buildings,” said a statement posted on the ministry newspaper’s 26Sep.net website.

“The operation was in its final phase (of preparation)... A group of eight suicide bombers were to carry out the operation using explosive belts and two car bombs,” the statement quoted security sources as saying. The attack on the British embassy “was to be modelled on the operation that was carried out against the American embassy” in 2008, which killed 16 people, it added.

Excerpted

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/December/middleeast_December546.xml&section=middleeast

[Oorang]

Suspected Algerian terrorist Mustafa Labsi may have fled to Austria
22 Dec 2009

Algerian national Mustafa Labsi, who is suspect of co-operation with the international terrorist network al-Qaida, reportedly escaped from a sojourn camp in Rohovce in Trnava region on Saturday, December 19, the TASR newswire wrote.

According to a TV Joj report on December 21, Labsi didn't report to the Migration Office of Slovakia's Interior Ministry on Saturday. The guards of the camp subsequently begun to search for him. The Interior Ministry also notified Austrian authorities and it learned from them that Labsi had been caught there.

“I've no information about my client not being in the sojourn camp,” Labsi's lawyer Martin Škamla told the TASR on Monday evening, December 21.

http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/37505/10/suspected_algerian_terrorist_mustafa_labsi_may_have_fled_to_austria.html

Domestic Terror Incidents Hit a Peak in 2009
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009

You may not have noticed because most of the plots were foiled, but 2009 saw an unprecedented surge in terror "events" on U.S. soil. When analysts tally these events, they refer to anything from a disrupted plot to U.S. citizens traveling abroad to seek terror training or a lone gunman running amok in the U.S. And by the calculations of Rand Corporation expert Brian Jenkins, more terrorist threats were uncovered in the U.S. during 2009 than in any year since 2001.

"There appears to be an increase in [terrorist] activity in the U.S.," warns Jenkins, who calculates that there have been 32 terror-related "events" on these shores since 9/11, and that 12 of those occurred in 2009.
(See the top 10 inept terrorist plots.)

Some of the more noteworthy "events" of 2009:
• In January, Bryant Neal Vinas, a Long Island convert to Islam, plead guilty to helping al-Qaeda in a plot to blow up a train in Penn Station.

Excerpted

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1949329,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

[Oorang]

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope 2010 brings you many blessings, an abundance of prosperity and peace of mind.

[Oorang]

The Homegrown Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland

Should the U.S. Destroy Jihadist Websites?

[SlowBoat407]

Merry Christmas to you, Oorang, and to all my friends on TM.