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Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community
DNI.gov - Testimony ^ | February 25, 2009 | n/a

Posted on 02/25/2009 3:33:58 PM PST by Cindy

http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20090225_testimony.pdf

Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Dennis C. Blair Director of National Intelligence 25February 2009

HPSCI ATA FEB 2009–IC STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD 1 February2009 HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTTEE ON INTELLIGENCE FEBRUARY 2009 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD

Chairman Reyes, Ranking Member Hoekstra, Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to offer my assessment of threats to US national security. As in previous years, the judgments I offer the Committee in these documents and remarks and in myresponses to your questions are based on the efforts of thousands of patriotic, highly skilled professionals, many of whom serve in harm’s way. I am proud to lead the world’s best Intelligence Community and would like to acknowledge the assistance provided byall the intelligence agencies in preparing this report, in particular the National Intelligence Council and CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence, which contributed a substantial portion.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: americanintelligence; intelligence; obamaisathreat; threatassessment; threats

1 posted on 02/25/2009 3:33:58 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

ping


2 posted on 02/25/2009 3:35:18 PM PST by unkus
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Thank you unkus.


3 posted on 02/25/2009 3:35:50 PM PST by Cindy
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I would hope they cover Obama and the DemocRat party in their assessment. They happen to be our biggest threat right now.


4 posted on 02/25/2009 4:20:57 PM PST by RatRipper
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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44123

“Intelligence Chief: ‘Global Economic Crisis,’ Not Iran or Al Qaeda, Is Top Security Threat to U.S.”
Thursday, February 26, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor

SNIPPET: “But he admitted that the U.S. “lacks insight into specific details, timing, and intended targets of potential and current U.S. homeland plots.”

Under questioning by Rep. William Thornberry (R-Texas), he also said that there are “al Qaeda sympathizers” at work in the U.S. — and the numbers are growing.

Rep. William Thornberry: What happens if there is not sustained pressure on al Qaeda — if it is relaxed in some way?
Dennis Blair: They get stronger.
Rep. William Thornberry: And does the threat it poses to us grow?
Dennis Blair: Yes.

Blair, meanwhile, also promised committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) that the Obama administration was going to look into the increasingly deteriorating situation along the Mexican border — where Mexican drug cartels are smuggling drugs into America, getting cash, buying drugs in the U.S. and taking them back to Mexico where they are “engaging in terror.””


5 posted on 02/26/2009 3:01:49 AM PST by Cindy
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A small sampler of what I have looked at recently ON THE INTERNET:

English.YONHAP NEWS.co.kr: Seoul - "(News Focus) N. Korea likely to have improved missile fuel technology" by Sam Kim (SNIPPET: "North Korea said this week it is engaged in full-scale preparations to launch a space satellite that its neighbors believe is actually a missile capable of threatening Alaska and Hawaii.") (February 26, 2009, 16:30 KST) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (Special to AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): "MILITARY INTELLIGENCE LEADERS DISCUSS COMMON THREATS IN SINGAPORE" (February 25, 2009) (Read More...)


SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS.org - Paper no. 3068: "TERROR FROM THE SEA: WARNING FROM THE INDIAN NAVAL CHIEF" -Guest Column By Commodore R.S. Vasan (SNIPPET: "Admiral Sureesh Mehta, the Chief of the Naval Staff sounded a stern warning on 18th February 2009, about the possibility of nuclear weapons being smuggled in to the country through the ever increasing container traffic. The warning was issued at a seminar to discuss Port Development and related security issues.") (February 24, 2009) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "NAPOLITANO AVOIDS MENTIONING 'TERRORISM' IN REMARKS TO CONGRESS Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is steering away from words like "terrorism" for her first testimony to Congress since taking office." (February 24, 2009) (Read More...)


STAR TRIBUNE.com: "FBI CHIEF: SUICIDE BOMBER INDOCTRINATED IN MINNESOTA Shirwa Ahmed, the first known suicide bomber with U.S. citizenship, apparently indoctrinated in Minnesota, FBI Director Robert Mueller said" (Last update: February 24, 2009, 11:49 am) (Read More...)
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FBI.gov: "FROM MUMBAI TO SOMALIA The Changing Landscape of Terror" (February 23, 2009) (Read More...)

FBI.gov - Press Release - Speech: Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. - "ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation" (February 23, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (DAILY TIMES.com.pk): "TALIBAN TO BEGIN WAGING JIHAD 'IN AN ORGANIZED MANNER'" (SNIPPET: "Pamphlets call for holy war against Obama, Zardari, Karzai") (February 24, 2009) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - blog: "WAZIRISTAN TALIBAN ALLIANCE DECLARES SUPPORT FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN AND MULLAH OMAR" by Bill Roggio (February 23, 2009, 9:47 am) (Read More...)


REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI Up to $25 Million Reward" (Read More...)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: New Zawahiri Audio - "From Kabul to Mogadishu"" by Evan Kohlmann (February 22, 2009, 11:13 pm) (Read More...)

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UPI.com: Cairo - "OFFICIALS SAYS BOMBERS TARGETED SCHOOL TRIP" (Published February 23, 2009, 9:40 am) (Read More...)

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FOX NEWS.com (AP): Cairo - "AT LEAST 21 HURT, 1 KILLED AFTER DEADLY BLAST IN CAIRO BAZAAR" (SNIPPET: "Initial reports said a pair of grenades were thrown, but a government statement said the attack involved a homemade bomb placed under a bench in the main plaza.") (February 22, 2009) (Read More...)

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "NEW U.S. INTEL CHIEF: SUPPORT OF ISRAEL NOT A U.S. INTEREST" by David Lev (SNIPPET: "A flurry of reports over the weekend said that the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, considered a sharp critic of Israel, is to be named to a top intelligence post in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.") (February 22, 2009, 1:26 am) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: www.islamtime.net, February 21, 2009"): "AL-QARADHAWI: Muslims Are Permitted to Have Nuclear Weapons" (February 22, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (THE AUSTRALIAN): ""It's worse than we thought": IRAN HAS ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB" (February 21, 2009) (Read More...)

YNET NEWS.com: "ISRAEL URGES MORE PRESSURE ON IRAN" by Ron Sofer (Published February 20, 2009, 22:37) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (JERUSALEM POST): "ISRAEL SAYS THAT IRAN AND SYRIA WORKING ON SECRET NUKE PROJECTS" (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

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YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "U.S. ASKS FOR MEETING WITH SYRIAN AMBASSADOR" (Published February 20, 2009, 08:10) (Read More...)


Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL ALERT: "MEXICO" (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

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CNS NEWS.com (AP): Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - "MEXICAN GANGS IN BORDER TOWN KILLING 1 COP EVERY 2 DAYS UNTIL POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS" by Julie Watson (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com - South of the Border: "BLOODBATH INCHES CLOSER TO U.S." (February 19, 2009) (Read More...)


FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "FALSE MARTYR" by Thomas Joscelyn (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

FCO.gov.uk: "AGREEMENT FROM U.S. TO RETURN MR. MOHAMED TO THE UK" (SNIPPET: "Foreign Secretary David Miliband released a statement 20 February 2009 announcing an agreement from the US to return Mr Binyam Mohamed to the UK.") (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)


HAARETZ.com (AP): "U.S. PRISON FREES TERRORIST WHO PLOTTED TO KILL GOLDA MEIR" (SNIPPET: "Khalid Al-Jawary, 63...")(Last update February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

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JIHAD WATCH.org (JERUSALEM POST): "ISRAEL SAYS THAT IRAN AND SYRIA WORKING ON SECRET NUKE PROJECTS" (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

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JPOST.com: "SYRIA BUILDING CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT" by Yaakov Katz (Updated February 18, 2009, 20:22) (Read More...)

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MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2254: "Egyptian Cleric Zaghloul Al-Naggar: The Arab World Is Ruled By the Scum of the Earth and the Garbage of All Nations; I Am 'Absolutely' Calling to Wage Jihad Against the Jews, Who Are Devils in Human Form" (February 20, 2009) (Read More...)

LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "SUFI MOHAMMED 'HATES DEMOCRACY' AND CALLS FOR GLOBAL ISLAMIC RULE" by Bill Roggio (February 18, 2009) (Read More...)


Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL WARNING: "ERITREA" (February 18, 2009)


JIHAD WATCH.org (JERUSALEM POST.com, February 17, 2009): "MORE THAN 500 AMERICAN SOMALIS GO TO WAGE JIHAD IN THEIR HOMELAND" (February 18, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (MY FOX TWIN CITIES): "SOMALIS LEAVING MINNESOTA, RETURNING HOME TO WAGE JIHAD?" (November 25, 2008) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (CHANNEL 4 NEWS, February 17, 2009): "AFTER LIVING ABROAD AND EXPERIENCING THE JIHAD, MUSLIMS ARE RETURNING TO THE U.K." (February 18, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (MIRROR.co.uk): "UK: JIHADIST MURDERER PLOTS POISON TERROR STRIKE FROM PRISON CELL" (SNIPPET: "Bourgass, 33, is already serving life for murdering a police officer.") (February 18, 2009) (Read More...)
IN THE U.S.A.: WorldNetDaily.com: "'JAILHOUSE ISLAM' CONVERTS GUN DOWN U.S. COPS" by Chelsea Schilling (February 17, 2009) (Read More...)


ISRAEL NEWS AGENCY.com: Jerusalem - "FACEBOOK GROUP CREATED FOR REMOVING ENGLAND MP LORD AHMED FROM UK PARLIAMENT" by Joel Leyden (SNIPPET: "Any person, however ennobled, who threatens to bring a horde of 10,000 Muslims upon Parliament in order to stifle debate and bully it into submission is no 'moderate'. By threatening this, Lord Ahmed has shown himself to be one of the very extremists he purports to eschew, committed to the same ideology as those who seek to impose Shari'a law upon the UK and subjugate the kuffar to the will of Allah.") (February 16, 2009) (Read More...)

IBD EDITORIALS.com: "TRADING AWAY MISSILE DEFENSE" (February 17, 2009) (Read More...)

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TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER (IICC): "During Operation Cast Lead, improvised grenades probably manufactured by Hamas were found inside drug bottles. The drugs were transported to the Gaza Strip from the Ramallah region within the humanitarian aid. Legally, it undermines the protection afforded to medical supplies and humanitarian relief under the laws of armed conflict.") (February 16, 2009) (Read More...)
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YNET NEWS.com: "DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT: IRAN NO.1 THREAT TO ISRAEL" by Alex Fishman (Published February 16, 2009, 09:38) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars (Iran), February 14, 2009"): "IRAN TIGHTENS SECURITY AROUND NUCLEAR FACILITIES" (February 14, 2009) (Read More...)


THE STAR.com: "WAL-MART's GLOW-IN-THE-DARK MYSTERY Retail giant can't account for 15,800 of its exit signs that contain a potentially dangerous radioactive gas" (SNIPPET: "Last month Wal-Mart disclosed that about 15,800 of its exit signs -- a stunning 20 per cent of its total inventory -- are lost, missing, or otherwise unaccounted for at 4,500 facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico.") (February 15, 2009) (Read More...)
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COPENHAGEN POST.dk: "TERRORIST THREAT MAY COME FROM WITHIN" (SNIPPET: "A US report has concluded that Muslim residents in Europe who train as terrorists in Pakistan are the most likely agents of terror for the continent. Al-Qaeda is preparing for a new attack in Europe and Denmark is at the top of its list, according to the head of US National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair.") (February 13, 2009) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2242: "GRANDDAUGHTER, WIFE OF KNOWN TERRORISTS 'IZZ AL-DIN AL-QASSAM, ABDALLAH 'AZZAM URGE PALESTINIAN WOMEN TO SACRIFICE THEIR CHILDREN" (February 12, 2009) (Read More...)



Missile Defense
33 Minutes

33-MINUTES.com (Read More...)

HERITAGE.org: "33 MINUTES Protecting America In The New Missile Age" (Watch Here.)

HERITAGE.org - 33 Minutes - VIDEOS (Watch Here.


DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "U.S. INTERESTS FACE CHALLENGES IN EUROPE, INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS" by Jim Garamone (February 16, 2009) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SEES ASIA RISING" by Jim Garamone (February 15, 2009) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "ECONOMIC CRISIS OVERLAYS ALL THREATS FACING U.S., INTEL CHIEF SAYS" by Jim Garamone (February 14, 2009) (Read More...)

DNI.gov - Testimonies: "ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FOR THE SENATE SELECT COMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE Dennis C. Blair Director of National Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD" (February 12, 2009) (pdf) (Read More...)

DALLAS NEWS.com: Dallas - "DRUG CARTEL RUMORS KEEP N. TEXAS AUTHORITIES ON ALERT" (SNIPPET: "The Gulf Cartel in Mexico has now been deemed the biggest terroristic threat in the United States, including in North Texas.") (February 13, 2009, 03:07 am CST) (Read More...)
ABC NEWS.com - The Blotter: "KIDNAPPING CAPITAL OF THE U.S.A." (SNIPPET: "In what officials caution is now a dangerous and even deadly crime wave, Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 cases last year alone.") (February 11, 2009) (Read More...)
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MSNBC.msn.com (AP): Washington - "US SENATE CONFIRMS EX-CLINTON AIDE AS CIA DIRECTOR" (SNIPPET: "Panetta's nomination sailed through the chamber by a voice vote. The former Democratic congressman from California has no direct intelligence-gathering or analysis experience.") (Updated February 12, 2009, 5:34 pm PT) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Washington - "Now that the global jihad is over, FBI mulling shifting agents out of counterterrorism" (February 12, 2009) (Read More...)


Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL WARNING: "SYRIA" (February 12, 2009) (Read More...)


COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "INTEL COMMITTEE CHAIR: U.S. DRONES 'FLOWN OUT OF A PAKISTANI BASE'" by James Gordon Meek (SNIPPET: "The Senate Intelligence Committee's new chairman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), raised a few eyebrows on Thursday during a hearing by bringing up the diplomatically sensitive matter of Pakistan's cooperation with U.S. missile strikes on its soil.") (February 13, 2009, 06:29 pm) (Read More...)

ONE NEWS NOW.com: "IRAN, NORTH KOREA'S DEATH GRIP ON NUCLEAR MATERIALS" by Chad Groening (February 12, 2009, 4:00 am) (Read More...)


FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (AP via YAHOO News): Washington - "69 COMPUTERS MISSING FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAB" (SNIPPET: "The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico is missing 69 computers, including at least a dozen that were stolen last year, a lab spokesman said.") (February 11, 2009) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska - [HILLARY] "CLINTON DISCOUNTS NORTH KOREA URANIUM THREAT" by Nicholas Kralev (February 16, 2009) (Read More...)

Watching NORTH KOREA On The Internet (February 11, 2009) (Read More...)


Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL ALERT: "ARABIAN PENINSULA AND PERSIAN GULF" (February 11, 2009) (Read More...)


BANGOR NEWS.com: Belfast, Maine - "REPORT: 'DIRTY BOMB' PARTS FOUND IN SLAIN MAN'S HOME" by Walter Griffin (SNIPPET: "t says that four 1-gallon containers of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide, uranium, thorium, lithium metal, thermite, aluminum powder, beryllium, boron, black iron oxide and magnesium ribbon were found in the home. Also found was literature on how to build "dirty bombs" and information about cesium-137, strontium-90 and cobalt-60, radioactive materials. The FBI report also stated there was evidence linking James Cummings to white supremacist groups.") (February 10, 2009) (Read More...)
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FAA.gov - Press Release: Washington, D.C. - "FAA NOTIFIES EMPLOYEES OF PERSONAL IDENTITY BREACH" (SNIPPET: "Two of the 48 files on the breached computer server contained personal information about more than 45,000 FAA employees and retirees who were on the FAA's rolls as of the first week of February 2006.") (February 9, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THREATS WATCH.org): "CBS Publishes Piece Criticizing 'Homegrown Jihad' and End Up Embarrassing Themselves" (February 15, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "35 JIHAD TRAINING COMPOUNDS ON AMERICAN SOIL" (February 9, 2009) (Read More...)

Video: "HOMEGROWN JIHAD" (Added February 6, 2009) (Watch Here.)

DANIEL PIPES.org - blog: "TRACKING JAMAAT UL-FUQRA" by Daniel Pipes (July 29, 2006; Updated February 3, 2009) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "TERRORIST CAMPS IN AMERICA" by Jamie Glazov (February 3, 2009) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "RADICAL ISLAMIC NETWORKS IN AMERICA" by Jamie Glazov (January 13, 2009) (Read More...)


THREATS WATCH.org: "AMERICA'S UNACKNOWLEDGED WAR" by Jay Fraser (February 14, 2009, 10:49 am) (Read More...)

OFFICER.com (AP): "MEXICAN DRUG VIOLENCE SPILLS OVER INTO U.S." by Alicia A. Caldwell (Updated February 9, 2009, 04:26 pm GMT) (Read More...)

THE CUTTING EDGE NEWS.com: "MEXICAN DRUG WARS Mexican Narco-Traffickers Wreak Deadly Havoc Against Law Enforcement" by Martin Barillas (February 9, 2009) (Read More...)


English.VietnamNet.vn: "STATUE OF PRESIDENT HO INAUGURATED IN MEXICO" (SNIPPET: "Mexico City's Governor Marcelo Ebrard said that victories of the Vietnamese people in the past not only helped change Vietnam, but also the situation of the mankind. Like Vietnam, Mexico gained victories in struggles against French and US invaders.") (January 18, 2009, 10:37 GMT+7) (Read More...)
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INA TODAY.com - INTERNATIONAL NEWS ANALYSIS TODAY: "HO CHI MINH COMES TO MEXICO CITY: A STATUE SPEAKS A WARNING TO THE UNITED STATES" by Toby Westerman (February 9, 2009) (Read More...)


COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA REPORT ON ANWAR AL-AWLAKI: "PRO AL-QAIDA IDEOLOGUE WITH INFLUENCE IN THE WEST"" by Evan Kohlmann (February 9, 2009, 11:07 pm) (Read More...)


HUMAN EVENTS.com (JIHAD WATCH.org): "OBAMA TAKES THE APPEASEMENT PATH" by Robert Spencer (February 12, 2009) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Ba'th, Syria, February 8, 2009"): "REPORT: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EASING SANCTIONS ON SYRIA" (Posted February 9, 2009) (Read More...)


COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "NEFA FOUNDATION: ARMY OF ISLAM ISSUES MESSAGE TO THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT" by Evan Kohlmann (February 9, 2009) (Read More...)


MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch - No. 2234: "EGYPTIAN CLERIC MHAMMAD AL-ZUGHBI DRAWS LESSONS FRO THE BATTLES OF EARLY ISLAM, PRAYS FOR THE ANNIHILATION OF U.S., EUROPEAN LEADERS" (February 8, 2009) (Read More...)


SUNDAY MERCURY.net: "BIRMINGHAM IS HOME TO AL QAIDA LINKED TERROR SUSPECTS" by Ben Goldby (SNIPPET: "Abd'rabbah Ghuma, 51, Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, 51, and Mohammed Benhammedi, 42, also appear on a United Nation's list of Al Qaida and Taliban associates.") (February 8, 2009) (Read More...)

YNET NEWS.com: "ISRAELIS RECEIVE THREATENING EMAIL FROM HAMAS" by Erez Ronen (SNIPPET: "This is not the first time Hamas or people on its behalf use electronic means in order to threaten Israelis.") (February 7, 2009, 8:51 pm) (Read More...)

TOWNHALL.com: "WOULD YOU TURN YOUR CHEEK TO A TERRORIST?" by David R. Stokes (SNIPPET: "At a time when this country needs to be vigilant and focused on a very real enemy -- one determined to end our way of life as we know it -- Mr. Obama has blurred the issue. He is moving us away from a war mindset to something more surgical and limited. This should be no surprise to observant Americans. After all, he didn't really have much to say on the issue during his campaign. To minimize or marginalize danger is to ignore it. And to ignore danger is how to quickly become blind and vulnerable.") (February 8, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TEHRAN TIMES): "TEHRAN TIMES: "It's time for some economic jihad. Let's destroy a corporation for Palestine."" (February 8, 2009) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "BIDEN CALLS FOR ALLIED COOPERATION TO MEET MUTUAL CHALLENGES" (SNIPPET: "Iran has acted in ways that are not conducive to peace in the region or to the prosperity of its people. Its illicit nuclear program is but one manifestation," he said.") (February 7, 2009) (Read More...)

NEWS.com.au - HERALD SUN: "VICTORIA'S BUSHFIRE ARSONISTS HUNTED BY POLICE" (SNIPPET: "Anyone with any information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000") (Updated February 12, 2009, 9:22 pm) (Read More...)
NEWS.com.au (Australia): "BRUSHFIRES IN VICTORIA KILL 50, DEATH TOLL WILL RISE" (SNIPPET: "640 houses have been destroyed. While firebugs are being blamed for several blazes ravaging Victoria, the Country Fire Authority has confirmed that several fires are being deliberately relit by arsonists.") (February 8, 2009, 3:35 pm) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): TRENTON, N.J. - "2 MICE CARRYING PLAGUE DISAPPEAR FROM NEW JERSEY LAB, FBI SAYS NO PUBLIC HEALTH RISK" (February 7, 2009) (Read More...)


FOX NEWS.com (AP): San'a, Yemen - "170 AL QAEDA SUSPECTS RELEASED IN YEMEN" (February 8, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (CNN, February 5, 2009): Washington - "YEMEN ON HIGH ALERT FOR JIHADIST ATTACK" (SNIPPET: "Over the last several weeks a growing number of al Qaeda operatives have entered Yemen from Saudi Arabia and have established a renewed network that potentially threatens U.S. and Saudi targets in the region, both U.S. and Yemeni officials have told CNN.") (February 6, 2009) (Read More...)
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OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletin - Report - Europe-Georgia: "Warden Message: GEORGIA CARJACKING; CONCERNS OVER HIGHWAY TRAVEL" (February 7, 2009) (Read More...)


COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: AQIM's ABU MUSAB ABDEL WADOUD CALLS FOR TERROR STRIKES IN VENGEANCE FOR GAZA" by Evan Kohlmann (February 5, 2009) (Read More...)


GLOBAL POLITICIAN.com: "LARGE ISLAMIC WEBSITE STILL CARRIES MATERIAL ADVOCATING DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL" by Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. (February 6, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (TIMES OF INDIA): "PAKISTAN DEMANDS UNCONDITIONAL AID FROM U.S." (February 7, 2009) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "CIA: "The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda's best mechanism for launching an attack against North America"" (SNIPPET: "American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely source of another terrorist spectacular on American soil.") (February 7, 2009) (Read More...)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "PAKISTANI COURT DECLARES NUCLEAR SCIENTIST FREE" (SNIPPET: "Khan, lionised by many Pakistanis as the father of the country's atomic bomb, was pardoned but placed under house arrest in 2004 by the then president, Pervez Musharraf, soon after he made a televised confession to selling nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya.") (Published February 6, 2009, 11:34) (Read More...)

DAILY STAR.co.uk: "'We will kill MPs in their own homes'" (SNIPPET: "The plot was found on a password-protected internet message board on a site which has carried an interview with Osama bin Laden's No 2 Ayman al Zawahiri, 57. A user named Paganslayer asks what the mood is for another round of deadly attacks on the continent. There follows a warped discussion about the 7/7 London bombings, which killed 52 innocent people.") (February 5, 2009) (Read More...)

OSAC.gov: "Warden Message: CIUDAD JUAREZ RISING DRUG VIOLENCE, CAUTION ADVISED" (February 5, 2009) (Read More...)

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POLITICO.com: "CHENEY WARNS OF NEW ATTACKS" by John F. Harris, Mike Allen, & Jim Vanehei (Note: Video included.) (Updated February 4, 2009, 3:19 pm) (Read More...)

NEWSMAX.com: "CHENEY: NUCLEAR, BIO ATTACKS LIKELY IF OBAMA ENDS BUSH POLICIES" by Dave Eberhart (February 4, 2009) (Read More...)


FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "INVESTING IN JIHAD" by Alyssa A. Lappen (February 4, 2009) (Read More...)


THE MEMRI BLOG: "AL-ZAWAHIRI TO MUJAHIDEEN: Israeli, American Targets Are All Around" (Posted February 4, 2009) (Read More...)

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI Up to $25 Million Reward" (Read More...)


ONE NEWS NOW.com: "GITMO'S INMATES ON U.S. SOIL - a 'magnet for jihadists'" by Chad Groening (February 3, 2009, 8:55 am) (Read More...)

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FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "TERRORIST CAMPS IN AMERICA" by Jamie Glazov (February 3, 2009) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "RADICAL ISLAMIC NETWORKS IN AMERICA" by Jamie Glazov (January 13, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (WASHINGTON TIMES, February 2, 2009): "They don't want to limit free speech, they just want to kill it" (February 3, 2009) (Read More...)

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Travel.State.Gov: "WORLDWIDE CAUTION" (February 2, 2009) (Read More...)


FOX NEWS.com: Seoul, South Korea - "NORTH KOREA TO 'TEST MISSILE CAPABLE OF STRIKING U.S.'" (SNIPPET: "The sinister object has been identified as a Taepodong-2, an intercontinental missile with a range of more than 4000 miles, capable of crossing the Pacific and striking targets in Hawaii or Alaska.") (February 2, 2009) (Read More...)

FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org: "THE SECOND GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICA" by Lee Ellis (SNIPPET: "Decapitation has also become a favorite tactic of warring drug gangs that have contended for control over smuggling routes.") (February 2, 2009) (Read More...)
Travel.State.Gov - TRAVEL ALERT: "MEXICO" (Read More...)


LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - blog: "SAUDI ARABIA'S MOST-WANTED" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "But, the unclassified files created by the U.S. government at Guantanamo contain dozens of details concerning the al Qaeda network operating inside Iran. The Long War Journal reviewed the files and identified more than 50 current and former Guantanamo detainees who had some association with Iran. Most of these transited al Qaeda's facilitation points in eastern Iran. In addition to Tehran, the eastern Iranian cities of Mashhad, Zahedan and Tayyebat were regularly identified as al Qaeda transit points in the unclassified Guantanamo files.") (February 4, 2009, 7:00 am)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "SAUDI ISSUES WANTED LIST OF 83 MILITANTS OVERSEAS" (SNIPPET: "Saudi television read the names and showed photographs of the wanted men, all Saudis except for two Yemenis, who it said had "adopted the straying ideology", a reference to al-Qaeda. The announcement followed a move last month by al-Qaeda's wing in neighbouring Yemen to name two Saudis released from the US military prison camp in Guantanamo as commanders.") (Published February 2, 2009, 23:36) (Read More...)

NYPOST.com: "OBAMA: SURE, GITMO DETAINEES COULD ATTACK US" (SNIPPET: ""Can we guarantee that they're not going to try to participate in another attack? No," Obama said in an NBC interview that aired today. "But what I can guarantee is that if we don't uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time that will make us less safe. And that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like al-Qaeda."") (Posted February 2, 2009) (Read More...)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER (IICC): "Monthly List of Information Bulletins Issued by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the IICC, January 2009" (pdf) (February 2, 2009) (Read More...)


THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Kayhan, Iran, February 1, 2009;Fars, Iran, January 31, 2009"): "SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: THE ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL -- A SACRED ASPIRATION" (February 1, 2009)

TRUTHUSA.com: A Look at Iran


FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "SUICIDAL APPEASEMENT" by Bruce Thornton (February 2, 2009) (Read More...)


JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "OBAMA COZIES UP TO THE PRINCIPAL ENEMY OF FREE SPEECH IN THE WORLD TODAY" (February 1, 2009) (Read More...)

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JIHAD WATCH.org (SUNDAY MORNING HERALD): "JIHADISTS USING GOOGLE EARTH" (January 31, 2009) (Read More...)


IBD EDITORIALS.com - Series: "TESTING OBAMA Experts discuss the major issues facing the Obama administration" (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Briefing Room" (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Agenda" (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Presidential Actions" (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Executive Orders" (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov: "Proclamations" (Read More...)



6 posted on 02/26/2009 3:04:40 AM PST by Cindy
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