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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

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
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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.

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To: WestCoastGal

How did I miss that post on the Pentagon?! Can you repost please?!


541 posted on 01/03/2010 6:21:30 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: JustPiper

It’s about 4 posts above the girl with her boobs hanging out.


542 posted on 01/03/2010 6:36:00 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: hennie pennie
He almost murdered 300 Americans and they are offerring him a DEAL?

Hopey and changey and all that stuff. Perhaps they can get him a reduced price flight (eyes rolling) back to Yemen along with the Gitmo terorirsts already in line for repatriation.....? He'll be able to save up for his next trip here and use one of those prepaid credit cards to detract suspicion about him (sarcasm).

I saw my first real anti-Obama bumper sticker in town today. It was highly visible on an expensive SUV. There is palpable frustration growing with the decisions of this administration. This new year is going to be VERY interesting (especially if they continue in this manner).

543 posted on 01/03/2010 6:37:13 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: JustPiper; Texas Fossil; SunkenCiv; sonofstrangelove

*ping* to 527


544 posted on 01/03/2010 6:43:09 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: WestCoastGal
LMAO!Poor LeeLee hahaha...did you see this?

Obama's effigy in Pres. Carter's hometown

545 posted on 01/03/2010 7:21:43 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: hennie pennie; WestCoastGal

Thanks for finding it Pennie. CoCo, I see why its nagging you, there are many disturbing things about your find.
ISNA has always been a biggie


546 posted on 01/03/2010 7:24:28 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: KoRn

Bump to post #297


547 posted on 01/03/2010 8:08:41 PM PST by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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The failed terrorist operation attempted by the Nigerian youth on the US Delta Airlines [Flight 253] confirmed that terrorist cells are inter-connected

Truly Saddening By Tariq Alhomayed

Lair where bomber prayed for peace... and plotted massacre-Pal reveals the secret life of syringe terrorist Umar Abdulmutallab

548 posted on 01/03/2010 9:29:17 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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Maybe Woody Allen should be appointed secretary of Homeland Security

What's the Swedish word for debacle?

We wouldn't even have to pose that question if Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had thought to order passengers to wear their underwear on the outside before this happened. Perhaps that will be the next frontier in airport security.

The outerwear solution

A catastrophic bureaucratic failure

Obama’s Growing List of Man-Caused Disasters

549 posted on 01/03/2010 9:32:25 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: Godzilla; caww; All
Despite Al Qaeda Threat, U.S. Not Planning to Expand Terror Fight in Yemen

From Zilla :

Israel summons envoys from all over the world

550 posted on 01/03/2010 10:23:48 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping!


551 posted on 01/03/2010 10:25:13 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Candor7

dime-e-bougie :)


552 posted on 01/03/2010 10:32:03 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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From Lucy:

Of Executive Orders and Trojan Horses - Update

You come to your own conclusions

If you want to listen to Quayle:

Armed Forces To Move Against U.S. Citizens 1 of 11


553 posted on 01/03/2010 10:39:13 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: JustPiper; All

Private (unclassified) back channel heads up. Received something is apparently going to bust open in Iran in the next few days. NO details. Keep your eyes and ears peeled and share what you find with me please. I am also herding other goats.

I think I may know but could not share even if I were right. Specially as there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. And I think it is still an intention not a ready action.

cheers


554 posted on 01/03/2010 10:49:35 PM PST by FARS (Be well, be happy and THRIVE! Happy New Year.)
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To: JustPiper; LucyT; Cindy; Velveeta; WestCoastGal; hennie pennie
Islamic DVD delays Jamaican flight

John McFarlane, security chief at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, declined to specify the content of the disc but said he was told it 'was Islamic" and it made the flight crew 'uncomfortable.'

Pentagon - be bold, brave, blunt

In the wake of the Detroit plot, debate has renewed among civilian authorities about how to screen for terrorists without appearing to discriminate against Muslims.

The U.S. military, though, has been grappling with this for a while. It would seem a delicate matter at first blush: How does the Pentagon determine if there are other murderous traitors in its ranks without appearing anti-Muslim? The answer is twofold.

First, it's not as delicate as it might appear. You review all military branches for any signs of extremism or anti-American leanings of any kind, without regard to race, creed or any other characteristic of the subject. Period.

While the Pentagon cannot worry about being delicate at this point, it can be professional. The probe need not be a witch hunt for Muslims. Again, it need only seek out evidence of any kind of extremism or anti-Americanism in the ranks.

Still, this is no time to be delicate. You don't necessarily look for Islamic radicalism. But you don't look away from it, either.

555 posted on 01/03/2010 11:10:31 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: FARS

Thank you for this briefing :) Seriously though I hope the rebellion goes the correct way, will be paying attention thanks to you but then again I been a news addict for about 2 decades so...


556 posted on 01/03/2010 11:32:24 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: MamaDearest

To us Niteowls :)


557 posted on 01/03/2010 11:33:29 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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To: WestCoastGal; All
Plane takes off, then ground crew notices plane passenger is on "do not fly list", plane turns back to airport, passenger not really on "do not fly list".

The plane departed St. Louis airport, destined for O'Hare

Last Saturday, January 2, two flights of Delta Airlines returned to Boston, Massachusetts after being on air for only a few minutes. Both pilots reported that they have smelled smoke in their respective cockpits. All the passengers were rebooked on different flights. The planes’ destinations were New York and Columbus, Ohio. The incidents are still being investigated.

Last Friday, January 1, another Northwest flight from Detroit, Michigan to Orlando, Florida was diverted to Nashville, Tennessee after a suspicious package was found aboard. The pilot diverted “out of an abundance of caution.” All the passengers have got off the plane before the package was discovered to be just a Christmas ornament. The passengers re-boarded and arrived at Orlando three hours delayed.

Starting Monday, all passengers on U.S.-bound international flights are subject to random screening.

The Department of State lists Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism.
The other countries whose passengers will face enhanced screening include Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.

558 posted on 01/03/2010 11:36:22 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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UPDATE! Man skirts NJ airport security, delaying flights
559 posted on 01/03/2010 11:38:35 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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Book Alert Emerson Recommendation

It's about the scurrilous efforts by successive administrations to blind ourselves to the Islamist threat. Andrew C. McCarthy's Willful Blindness

Not sure if this was posted?

Fethullah Gulen, the "Turkish Khomeini," is one of the world's most accomplished stealth jihadists. Details here. "Hidden Agenda? Parents raise concerns that a Tucson charter school has ties to a Turkish nationalist movement," by Tim Vanderpool for the Tucson Weekly

Arizona school linked to Turkish Islamic supremacist threatens parents

Here's hoping for a less politically correct 2010, in which the force of reality leads more people to understand what we are up against, and to respond accordingly

560 posted on 01/03/2010 11:41:57 PM PST by JustPiper (The AUDACITY of DOPES)
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