Threat Matrix: 2010

Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

[Velveeta]

Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

December 30, 2009 — The attempt to destroy Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day underscores the growing ambition of al Qaeda's Yemen franchise, which has grown from a largely Yemeni agenda to become a player in the global Islamic jihad in the last year. Since merging with the al Qaeda franchise in Saudi Arabia last January and renaming itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), it has stepped up operations in Yemen itself, struck into Saudi Arabia, and now operates on the global stage. The weak Yemeni government of President Ali Abdallah Salih, which has never fully controlled the country and now faces a host of growing problems, will need significant American support to defeat AQAP.

Al Qaeda has long been active in Yemen, the original homeland of Osama bin Laden's family, and one of its first major terror attacks was conducted in Aden in 2000, when an al Qaeda cell nearly sank the USS Cole. A year ago, the al Qaeda franchises in Saudi Arabia and Yemen merged after the Saudi branch had been effectively repressed by the Saudi authorities under the leadership of Deputy Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Nayif. The new AQAP showed its claws last August, when it almost assassinated the prince with a suicide bomber who had passed through at least two airports on the way to his attempt on Nayif.

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The attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight also shows that al Qaeda remains obsessed with striking the American airline industry, a target it has gone after repeatedly since 1999. If AQAP has now been told by the al Qaeda core leadership to take on the job, we can probably assume that other al Qaeda franchises in North Africa, Iraq, Southeast Asia and elsewhere have also been pressed to attack.

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[WestCoastGal]

Update =

snip

“They did have it locked down,” said an official at the Texas Department of Public Safety, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “There was no security breach. It was purely a precautionary measure.”

According to the Texas official, the plant was locked down because there were armed hunters on property adjacent to it. “They had some duck hunters out there,” the official said. Plant officials later determined the hunters were not a threat, the official said.

The Pantex Plant maintains the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and is managed and operated by Babcock and Wilcox for the U.S. Department of Energy.

“Pantex is responding to a concern reported by Pantex employees,” Steve Erhart, Pantex Site Office Manager, said in a statement. “Pantex Plant security is in control of the situation. Plant management is monitoring the ongoing response.”

[WestCoastGal]

After thought ~

Who wants to hunt/kill ducks and eat them when they hang around a nuclear plant? DUH

[blackie]

I’m not giving up my Chinese made prescription glasses, they are the best I’ve ever had. It’s all done on the web:

http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php

Also, Chinese made ZeniPower hearing aid batteries:

http://www.hearing-aid-batteries-co.com/

They last as long as RAYOVAC and other high end batteries and cost 1/2 as much.

Not very patriotic, is the old curmudgeon...

[blackie]

"I wonder if this is the reason for the laert yesterday?"

Those laert's are important!!

[Moe Tzadik]

Daily bomb in the aircraft lavatory story: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2429144/posts

[JustPiper]

oh my! just got this too, will go through thread & see if I can find out who

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) 3 Pakistani intel officials say US missiles killed militant on FBI wanted list, had $5M bounty.

[JustPiper]

LOLLOL A L E R T

[WestCoastGal]

This person was following me on twi tter for a short period of time then unfollowed - name scared me

Talal***
Al_Saud

I entered the asterisks just put it back together and use another underscore there. Don’t want any searches. :(

[Moe Tzadik]

Schlussel, with other links and video: http://www.debbieschlussel.com/15428/and-again-passenger-makes-bomb-threat-locks-himself-in-bathroom-on-approach/

[JustPiper]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Intel officials say suspected US missiles kill 2 in Pakistan’s S. Waziristan region.

What was UBL’s bounty? Anyone? This admin can not be the one to get him!

[nwctwx]

Bin Laden’s bounty is 25 mil. On pace to set a record for drone strikes this month..

[JustPiper]

TY Moe, we don’t hear enough of Debbie

[JustPiper]

Twitter is such a huge community, did he say something that alarmed you?

[JustPiper]

Since this is happening repeatedly, there is no doubt in my mind, they are testing more & more of our response

[JustPiper]

So this is small change then? What about Zawahiri?

[nwctwx]

Zawahri is 25 mil as well. Looks like 5 mil is the second tier, but quite a few on the list at that range. Not sure if there are bounties that high on Taliban leaders like Hakeemmullah Mehsud (who seems to have survived the strike intended to kill him).

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm

[JustPiper]

Please keep us updated, your research is invaluable

[JustPiper]

OFF Topic but Necessary

This has to be the scariest thing I have read in a very long time. The Rand Corporation was asked by the US Army to prepare a report recommending whether or not the US Needed a National Stability Police force. Basically a call for American "Brown Shirts" Rand's answer was a resounding yes.

Rand Corp Tells US Army Its Time For a National Stability Police Force.

Israel Conducts Major Bioterrorism Drill

Taiwan Stands Ground on U.S. Missile Defense Purchase

[JustPiper]

Threats from Bullies

Clerics in Yemen warn of jihad if US sends troops

Senior Iranian official: "We have manufactured missiles that allow us, when necessary, to replace Israel in its entirety with a big holocaust"

STEVE

Steven Emerson: Combating Radical Islam

Terrorism’s new avatars - part II

[JustPiper]

Fatima Shrine defaced with Muslim graffiti

[JustPiper]

Pentagon finds mistakes by officers over Hasan

US said to eye DC for Gitmo trial

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Who wants to hunt/kill ducks and eat them when they hang around a nuclear plant?

Hate to destroy all those China Syndrome delusions, but there are so many regulations on nuke plant operations, with corresponding numbers of sensors and tests, the air, soil and water around those facilities is cleaner than some hospitals.

Leaks? The odds of being exposed to a radioactive leak if you camped out on top of the containment structure are about the same as winning Powerball.

Biggest hazard hunting duck around a nuke plant is packing a gun and then having to deal with all those humorless security types

[caww]

Thanks Piper..nice to see some of Steve emersons work. He knows what he’s talking about.

All eyes still on Haiti..help getting in... but then what?

[blackie]

Those alerts are hard to capture. ;);)

[Moe Tzadik]

[JustPiper]

swack~ hahaha

[JustPiper]

CIA to Obama: Don’t Point the Finger at Us

Nigeria Deports Controversial Jamaican Islamist Terrorist, Abdullah al-Faisal, to Kenya

You'll want to read this one sitting down. "My benefits belong to Allah: Hate preacher Choudary defends £25,000 a year payments from British taxpayers

Anjem Choudary: My taxpayer-funded benefits belong to Allah

Understanding Islam: The Saudi Way

[JustPiper]

Facebook Muslims ask if Rifqa Bary is the Dajjal, the great deceiver of the Islamic end times

ShamNow

But the initial effort to root out radicalization - announced by a few of these groups in the wake of the arrests in Pakistan of five Muslim-American students from Virginia for allegedly attempting to join a terrorist group - has proven to be a sham and a cover for anti-Semitism and extremism, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Stop the presses: American Muslim groups' "anti-radicalization" efforts are a sham!Knock me over with a feather! "Muslim-American Organizations' Anti-Radicalization Effort 'A Sham,'

Myth Of The Anti-Muslim Backlash By PAUL SPERRY

CAIR sued again!It couldn't happen to a nicer group of liars, thugs, and Islamic supremacists.

Muslim Group CAIR Sued Yet Again by Former Clients for Fraud & Breach of Fiduciary Duties

[Islaminaction]

Has the Vatican issued a statement?

[MamaDearest]

Thanks Blackie! Advice to be well taken.

Photograph only on this link. Burka graduation

Photograph only on this link. Child suicide bombers

Jihad

British al-Qaeda hub is biggest in West

Al Qaeda has a plan - where's ours?

No greater travesty of justice

[MamaDearest]

Man arrested in airplane bomb threat at Traverse City, Michigan airport

Snip: The Transportation Security Administration said the passenger had entered the bathroom of the United Airlines Flight 6036 from Chicago as it approached the Michigan airport Friday morning. The passenger was questioned after the flight landed, and the airport suspended operations for about 30 minutes, the TSA said.

[JustPiper]

not sure, but then again the media, when even a baby jesus gets stolen is non-existent

[JustPiper]

‘Al Qaeda has a plan — where’s ours?’

On a purple bus on it’s way to DC from Haiti

[JustPiper]

Michigan...the land that Mohammed loves

[rdl6989]

American security forces were last night searching for a two-man al-Qaeda team about to attack.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/16/terror-pair-hunted-in-the-states-115875-21971507/

[caww]

Well, they did say they were coming...and did’nt Chenney say it wasn’t a matter of if but when?..or was that Bolton?

I think there’s alot of stuff going on behind the scenes worldwide while this Haiti crisis is happening. Minds are on the task...as Bo said, “Number one priority across the map”...

Glad this news isn’t hot yet...some will get very alarmed I think. Hitllary going to Haiti...Bo in Massach...Nobody’s home again...

[blackie]

Ah ha, you know the drill...congratulations!! >:-}

[blackie]

And thank you and JustPiper for all of the great info and super links!!

Good job Ladies, you make a difference!!

Be Ever Vigilant!!

[blackie]

Be Ever Vigilant!

[JustPiper]

TY to RD for this find:

{{{ALERT}}}

American security forces were last night searching for a two-man al-Qaeda team about to attack.

Airports are on high alert as experts think the terrorists from the Yemen are on their way - but they could already be in the country.

Security analysis seen by the Mirror says the Christmas bomb plot by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was a {{{test run.}}} They think it was to see if his underpants explosives plan would work. The document says: “Two people suspected of plotting further attacks are being pursued.”

[JustPiper]

If you would like to be added to my TM pinglist or removed just email me

[JustPiper]

Thank you my friend, we need that encouragement

[LucyT]

. . . . Check out the headlines at #1,368.

[blackie]

Be Ever vigilant!

[GeronL]

only 2??

[blackie]

It is appropriate to acknowledge people for doing superb jobs and for making a difference.

[azishot]

Thanks for the ping, JustPiper.

Every time I see something like this I think of our grandchildren and what a mess the world is in and how it was ALLOWED to get this way.

Prayers for our country.

[azishot]

Thanks for the ping, LucyT.

Brown Shirts, civilian security force or whatever you want to call them is something that has scared me for a long time.

BO’s gonna try and ram this down our throats and tell us it’s for our own good.

I’m censoring myself as to what I’d like to tell him.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks for the pings. I’m a bit on edge today. Mr. RR and RR Jr. are flying to Europe right now. Watching all the news and hangin’ around FR......where all the news breaks first.

A bit of info. They called earlier from Dulles. Said security screening in Denver was far better and much more thorough.