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Threat Matrix: 2010
Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta

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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.

The Brookings Institution



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1,981 posted on 02/02/2010 2:27:40 AM PST by JustPiper (WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
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To: caww

This is where so many people make a mistake, CW. Russia has sabotaged Iran’s nuke crap for years and years in ways that have made it impossible for Iran to nuke up. All the while Russia has APPEARED to be their best friend, they have been quietly making sure Iran’s nuke program never got off the ground. Iran’s planes can’t fly. Their missiles sputter out and they have had to photoshop their tests which were laughable.
The same with Syria. Remember, the Russians had only JUST given Syria a brand new ground to air defense system including state of the art radar, but when Israel bombed their nuke facility, it failed utterly and completely. They never saw Israel coming, but Israel knew exactly where to strike. That was on purpose.
Russia and Israel have much more of a strategic alliance than you might imagine. Recall also the so-called hijacking of a Russian ship full of weapons heading for Iran by the Russians themselves that was later shown to be in tandem with Israel, though no one ever confirmed it.
The Russians were already paid for those weapons, but it would NOT have been a good thing for them to have reached Iran, so Russia doubledealt them while appearing to try and deliver.
If you go back some years, you will see that things like this have happened many times.
Like when Iran tried to test their centrifuges and nothing worked. Iran has been lying through their teeth about how many centrifuges they have and how many are actually working.
Contrary to popular opinion, Putin is not insane. He knows these people cannot be trusted and he knows if they had the capability, they would not hesitate to use it.
Russia has been willing to play this game while GW Bush was in office. Good cop, bad cop. Putin and Bush worked hand in glove to derail the G10 crap a few years ago, but Putin does not trust obama in any way, shape, or form.
OTOH, the US has been arming muslim countries in the region to the teeth since obama took office. It is sending weapons systems to Yemen for heavens sake. We are preparing to turn Afghanistan over to the Taliban. Iraq is reverting.
obama is a very, very dangerous man. He was willing to stand by and allow Iran nuke up. Russia was not and DID not.


1,982 posted on 02/02/2010 3:58:45 AM PST by MestaMachine (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
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To: JustPiper; Oorang; All

Thanks for the ping(s). Thanks to all posters/researchers/linkers/educators. Placemark BUMP!


1,983 posted on 02/02/2010 8:41:31 AM PST by PGalt
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To: JustPiper

stevebruskCNN

US intelligence agency heads told Senate committee another attempted terrorist attack on US in coming months is “certain”


1,984 posted on 02/02/2010 12:58:20 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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Al Qaeda extends Somali network warns Christians Ethiopians

Al Shebab and Kamboni mujahideen extremists have joined forces with Al-Qaeda after concluding an alliance. Having already caused the deaths of several thousands of Somalis of all denominations, they have announced their intention to target the country’s Christian minority and Ethiopians.

Bosnia-Herzegovina raids Islamist village Police in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday launched a massive raid against a village of Muslim hardliners deemed to pose a security threat to the ethnically fragile Balkan state. Around 600 policemen from the Serb republic and the Muslim-Croat federation – the ex-Yugoslav country’s two largely autonomous “entities” – took part in the joint operation, the largest police operation since the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, officials said.

Nigerian Muslims snub Al Qaeda, urge caution

Nigerian Muslims distanced themselves from Al-Qaeda and insisted the militant group would find no place within their ranks, amid media reports that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) offered to train and equip Nigerian Muslims in the fight against Christians. "Al-Qaeda is not welcome here," Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, the spokesman of the prestigious Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), told IslamOnline.net on Tuesday, February 2.

UK Government enlists public to spot terror web sites

People can report Web sites on Direct.co.uk by filling out a Web-based form. The form includes categories to describe what's on the Web site, such as "terrorist training material" or "hate crimes." Content deemed illegal by the U.K. includes videos of beheadings, messages that encourage racial or terrorist violence and chat forums revolving around hate crimes, according to information on Direct.co.uk.

1,985 posted on 02/02/2010 1:09:02 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: PGalt

Welcome , good to see you


1,986 posted on 02/02/2010 3:04:41 PM PST by JustPiper (WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
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To: WestCoastGal

Bad times my FRiend

Intel chief: Al-Qaida appetite for US attack high

WASHINGTON – Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says Al-Qaida will continue to try to attack the United States until Osama bin Laden and his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri are dead.

Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta are among top intelligence officials outlining to Congress Tuesday the main threats facing the United States. Their annual threat assessment comes just weeks after a failed attack to bring down an airliner over Detroit. International terrorism again heads the list.

Blair also said the U.S. still does not know the intended targets of suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi, who was arrested in September and charged with plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs. And Blair said U.S. intelligence continues to believe that Fort Hood shooter Maj Nidal Hassan is a homegrown extremist rather than a terrorist who worked with militants abroad.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_intelligence_threat_senate


1,987 posted on 02/02/2010 3:06:40 PM PST by JustPiper (WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
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To: MamaDearest

Missed you sista!


1,988 posted on 02/02/2010 3:07:34 PM PST by JustPiper (WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
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To: FARS; All

Wanted to share this FYI from FARS
Thank you to you & AntiMullah

BREAKING - violent clashes TAKING PLACE in LAR province in Iran. Not for regime change but anti-regime for the decision to break the province up and give part of it to the southern littoral provinces.

Mullahs using new CHINESE built anti-riot trucks that squirt indelible dye (to mark the rioters for future handling), have boiling water, tear gas, semi-lethal knock out gas, and skin burning, acid pepper gas.

ALSO new batons that are lethal (description still coming through). Any blow from these crushes skulls and breaks bones with greatest of ease. (Probably ergonomically weighted for maximum impact).


1,989 posted on 02/02/2010 3:10:15 PM PST by JustPiper (WHERE is the "Progress" in PROGRESSIVE?)
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To: All

Preparing us for the inevitable. I have a really strong feeling that the next attack will be much worse than 9/11. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were to come quicker than the three to six months they are talking about. Stay safe and vigilant!!!


1,990 posted on 02/02/2010 4:23:40 PM PST by Mossad1967
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To: Mossad1967

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1,991 posted on 02/02/2010 5:45:10 PM PST by kimmie7 (THE CROSS - Today, Tomorrow and Always!)
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To: JustPiper

I will be offline again at a job - be back around the 17th - keep things safe until I get home please!!


1,992 posted on 02/02/2010 6:08:52 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: toomanygrasshoppers

PING


1,993 posted on 02/02/2010 6:41:29 PM PST by FrogHawk (inmemoryofSpcJoeLewis)
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To: JustPiper; All

Seven people are in hospital after a man threw an explosive device through the doorway of the Woolworths store in central Darwin.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1186302/Explosion-rocks-Darwin-s-CBD


1,994 posted on 02/02/2010 6:57:37 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: Velveeta

Explosion rocks Darwin’s CBD (Woolworths)

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1186302/Explosion-rocks-Darwin-s-CBD


1,995 posted on 02/02/2010 7:33:22 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: rdl6989

I guess I should always check the last post before I post!


1,996 posted on 02/02/2010 7:34:42 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: Moe Tzadik

Every Freeper has done it. :D


1,997 posted on 02/02/2010 7:40:47 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: Moe Tzadik

1,998 posted on 02/02/2010 7:41:27 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: Moe Tzadik

1,999 posted on 02/02/2010 7:43:46 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: MamaDearest; MestaMachine; Myrddin

Flt. 253 bombing suspect’s kin flew to US with FBI to convince him to cooperate and he has been, officials say -

NBC http://bit.ly/9csYTy

So, what happens to his parents when they go back to Nigeria?


2,000 posted on 02/02/2010 9:07:41 PM PST by LucyT
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