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Threat Matrix: 2010
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| 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
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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. (snip) 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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Threat Matrix: Since November 3, 2003
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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~
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"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. |
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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~
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cranswick; lacklancranswick; terror; terrorism; threatmatrix; tm; wot
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To: JustPiper; Rushmore Rocks; MamaDearest
Yes, those stats are ugly. They come from MamaDearest’s post #889, sixth link down titled “Thousands from terror-sponsoring nations entering US on Diversity Visas”. The entire article is worth the read.
961
posted on
01/08/2010 7:21:24 AM PST
by
Oorang
(Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
To: jersey117; All
To: All; Cindy
To: All
To: All
To: All
All clear at Logan Airport.
Smoke in cabin was a “mist” and fumes from deicing fluid.
To: FARS
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Motorcade of Iranian opposition leader shot at by pro-government demonstrators, says Web site.
So it begins?
967
posted on
01/08/2010 9:55:03 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: caww; Grammy
Fallout? consequences? BO? hahahaha
968
posted on
01/08/2010 9:58:36 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: MamaDearest
This administration divulges only what it wants us to know and not a single thing more.
~Truth
969
posted on
01/08/2010 10:00:59 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: WestCoastGal
970
posted on
01/08/2010 10:02:32 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: caww
Doubtful it does seem That's right Yoda :)
971
posted on
01/08/2010 10:04:02 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: jersey117
No red flags here...move along. NYT reporting on it no less. Whats this world coming to when THEY are informative? TY NJ!
972
posted on
01/08/2010 10:07:02 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: MestaMachine
Impressive!!! Joined at FB.
973
posted on
01/08/2010 10:33:25 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
974
posted on
01/08/2010 10:45:31 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: JustPiper
PIPER PIPES IN Oh, yah, he makes me feel real secure:
WASHINGTON (AP) Obama says there's no `foolproof solution' to avoiding terrorist attacks.
Oh, UNwise one, whichparticular stream are you referring to? Urine stream mayhaps?
"Full a piss an' vinegar," said Grampa. ~~~John Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath
WASHINGTON (AP) Obama: Intelligence agencies did not follow up on `particular streams of intelligence'
Is there a silent code? Religious bias
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Officials: Church set on fire in Malaysia amid conflict over use of word Allah by non-Muslims.
976
posted on
01/08/2010 10:51:18 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The AUDACITY of DOPES)
To: WestCoastGal
To: JustPiper
979
posted on
01/08/2010 11:06:10 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: JustPiper
980
posted on
01/08/2010 11:06:12 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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