http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417308/posts Security: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the attempted destruction of Flight 253 were released from Guantanamo two years ago. The case for indefinite detention has been made once again, and not in Illinois. Sometimes America's chickens do come home to roost. In a statement released Monday, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which counts among its leadership two former Guantanamo detainees, claimed responsibility for the attempted destruction of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the crotch bomber, told FBI agents he was trained for his Christmas Day mission in Yemen by top leaders of the group who provided... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417308/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416381/posts I believe the terrorists must know this. They pick the flights from Amsterdam for a reason. It’s no coincidence that two different Nigerians chose to cause a ruckus on the exact same flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on two different days. Hmmm . . . did the system work? Sure doesn’t sound like it if she can’t even insist on U.S. Air Marshals on flights from Amsterdam. If they had any cojones–and even though she looks like she’s of that gender, she doesn’t–the Obama administration would have told the Dutch, “No air marshals, no flights from Amsterdam to anywhere near... Debbie Schlussel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416381/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415490/posts SNIPPET: "Discussion: I first observed discussion of binary explosives on the al-Firdaws forum in January of 2007. In light of recent events I will post here my archive:" SNIPPET: "Implementation: On Christmas Day, 2009, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab boards a flight in Amsterdam, bound for Detroit, and on final descent he attempts to set off what was most likely a binary explosive. Thank goodness he either screwed up or had bad instructions, because the chemicals he was working with were evidently quite good." INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415490/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:37:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416592/posts Matt Lauer gets to ask the question that he rightly says is on everyone’s mind: how could Janet Napolitano say that “the system worked” when the only things between the passengers of NW 253 and disaster were the passengers themselves and a faulty detonator? Napolitano says she was taken out of context, and by the way, Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush (via Charlie Foxtrot): Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416592/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:55:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416535/posts Security officials in Yemen said today that 29 al-Qaida suspects had been arrested as part of a new crackdown on the terrorist group. "There is a steady stream of people travelling to Yemen and travel to Yemen is something that is of concern to us," said a UK security source. guardian.co.uk/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416535/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416536/posts President Obama's remarks Monday about airline security and this weekend's protests in Iran. The Washington Post maintains a full database of Obama's speeches here. Good morning, everybody. I wanted to take just a few minutes to update the American people on the attempted terrorist attack that occurred on Christmas Day and the steps we're taking to ensure the safety and security of the country. The investigation's ongoing. And I spoke again this morning with Attorney General Eric Holder, the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, John Brennan. I asked them to keep --... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416536/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416484/posts First she said "the system worked". Now, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admits the system failed miserably, but repeatedly points out it was a system put in place while George W. Bush was President. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made similar statements... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416484/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415386/posts The suspect in the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 used a highly explosive substance called PETN, a law enforcement official told CBS News Saturday. The explosives were carried in a soft plastic container - possibly a condom - though much of the packaging was destroyed in the fire, the official said. The FBI is questioning the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who claimed to be acting on orders from al Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials said. A high-ranking law enforcement official told CBS News that the suspect apparently used a syringe to inject a... CBS News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415386/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415617/posts Sana’a – A US-born radical cleric is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni airstrike against suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts, friends and relatives said Friday. The government said it targeted a meeting of high-level Al-Qaeda operatives in Thursday’s airstrike in the remote Shabwa region. It claimed at least 30 militants were killed, possibly including Anwar Al-Awlaki, a radical cleric who has been linked to the shooter in last month’s attack at the Fort Hood military base in the US. In addition to Al-Awlaki, the top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (in Saudi Arabia... Saudi Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415617/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416412/posts The radical US cleric who is thought to have advised three of the Sept. 11 hijackers as well as the Muslim-American US Army major who went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, survived Thursday’s airstrike in Yemen’s Shabwa province. Friends and relatives of Ansar al Awlaki claimed he was not killed in the attack, but they refused to disclose if he was in attendance at a meeting of al Qaeda leaders when it was hit by what the Yemeni government claimed were Yemeni Air Force fighter-bombers. Awlaki was thought to have been attending a high-level meeting of... Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416412/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416449/posts CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner on Christmas day, saying it was retaliation for a U.S. operation against the group in Yemen. In a statement posted on the Internet, the group said 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab coordinated with members of the group. Yemeni forces, helped by U.S. intelligence, carried out two airstrikes against al-Qaida operatives in the country this month. The second one was a day before the attempted bombing of the plane. The group said the would-be bomber used explosives manufactured by al-Qaida members. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416449/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:36:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416158/posts Cops fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await Internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416158/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416060/posts With a stepped up presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, intelligence and security officials are now looking at other would-be hosts to Al Qaeda and its offshoot terrorist elements. Near the top of that list is Yemen. If terrrorism follows the path of least resistance, then Yemen may be the poor man's Afghanistan. With a stepped up presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, intelligence and security officials are now looking at other would-be hosts to Al Qaeda and its offshoot terrorist elements. Near the top of that list is Yemen. "Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. If we... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416060/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416016/posts WASHINGTON — In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen. A year ago, the Central Intelligence Agency sent many field operatives with counterterrorism experience to the country, according a former top agency official. At the same time, some the most secretive Special Operations commandos have begun training Yemeni security forces in counterterrorism tactics, senior military officers said. The Pentagon is spending more than $70 million over the next 18 months, and using teams of Special Forces, to train and equip Yemeni military, Interior Ministry... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416016/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415992/posts The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available - and easily detected - chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. SNIP PETN was widely used in the plastic explosives terrorists used to blow up airplanes in the 1970s and 1980s. Investigators say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab hid an explosive device on his body when he traveled from Amsterdam to Detroit. They say PETN was hidden in a condom or condom-like bag just below his torso. Abdulmutallab also had a syringe filled with liquid. One law enforcement... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415992/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415780/posts Despite mounting evidence of a sophisticated international plot to bring down a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, the man charged in the thwarted attack — who was on U.S. officials' radar for years — was never considered a sufficient threat to keep from flying. The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government's largest terror databases since November, when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria. But Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came to the attention of intelligence officials months before that, according to a U.S. government official involved in the investigation. The... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415780/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:11:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415638/posts Senior Obama administration officials have requested that National Security Adviser Uzi Arad explain an Israel Defense Forces raid in Nablus on Saturday during which undercover troops killed three Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists. Arad shared intelligence with the officials that Israel had received about the militants, who belonged to the military wing of the Western-backed Fatah movement and the details of the operation that led to their deaths. The national security advisor, a key aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stressed that this was a case of self-defense, since the three were behind a terror attack on Thursday in which... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415638/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415609/posts When former President George W. Bush spoke to terrorists his message was simple and clear: We will hunt you down and kill you! Period, end of story. W’s “clenched fist” kept America safe for nearly eight years following the 9.11 attack. Regrettably, since Barack Obama was sworn is at the 44th U.S. President, the message to terrorists is: Unclench your fists and let us talk. Terrorists will be treated with the same dignity and politically correct manners afforded any American citizen... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415609/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts "U.S. mosques fear influences on young" "Extremists, especially online, can be a powerful lure. "I have to be a virtual imam," counters one Va. leader." Washington Post WASHINGTON - SNIPPET: "Mustafa Abu Maryam, a Muslim youth leader who has known the five arrested men from Alexandria since 2006, said he was alarmed by their decision to go to Pakistan after exchanging coded e-mail messages with a recruiter for the Pakistani Taliban." SNIPPET: ""I'm really concerned about what the Internet is doing to my young people," said Mohamed Magid, imam at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Va. "I... (WASHINGTON POST) via THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415449/posts HEADLINE ONLY. Article will be posted when available. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415449/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415424/posts The plot to blow up a passenger jet was launched by al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect's underwear.The suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin. Yesterday's bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in "proper contact" with the explosive material.Abdulmutallab made contact via the internet with a radical imam in Yemen who then connected him with al-Qaeda leaders. The suspect lived with the al-Qaeda leader in Yemen for about a month and was not allowed to leave as he was trained in... The Blotter from Brian Ross News ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415424/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:01:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415377/posts ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. The young Muslim men, who are from the Washington, D.C., area, were picked up in Pakistan earlier this month in a case that has spurred fears that Westerners are traveling to the South Asian country to join militant groups. Pakistani police and government officials have made a series of escalating and, at times, seemingly contradictory allegations about the men's intentions, while U.S. officials have been far more cautious, though they, too, are... WCBSTV.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415377/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:06:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415259/posts Islamists claim killing of Russian priest (AFP) – 7 hours ago MOSCOW — An Islamist militant group based in Russia's North Caucases has claimed the killing last month of an Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam. "One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucases took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev," said a statement on the Kavkazcenter.com website. Daniil Sysoyev, 35, was killed on November 20 when masked gunman walked into Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow and shot him four... AFP via Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415259/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415228/posts Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian national, is attending engineering school at the University College of London (UCL), according to federal officials. examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415228/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:59:41 GMT