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Archive for category Threat Watch
Four Bodies Found in Nuevo Laredo
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 26/Jul/2010 18:46
“The bodies of four men, handcuffed and tortured, appeared on Sunday morning in front of the plaza in Nuevo Laredo, where the perpetrators of the crime also left a warning for the public, a police source said.
Very early in the day, the office of public safety, received a “report of four bodies that were left on la plaza,” said an official of the state agency.
The bodies were left along with a dead dog and cat in front of the “plaza de toros” bullring in Nuevo Laredo, which has a population of about 400,000 people and it’s the largest commercial frontier between Mexico and the United States.
“I was the one who threw the grenade into the sports complex, I was paid $500 (dollars),” read the message written on a cardboard on one of the victims, while the other three men killed where identified as the father, brother and brother-in-law of the former.
“The Nuevo Laredo people know who helps them, this is what is going to happen to all and their family,” said the written message about the victims who had not yet been identified.
On Wednesday Nuevo Laredo lived a day of fear from shootouts between gunmen and roadblocks that even left people trapped in cinemas and shops that were suddenly closed. Mexican soldiers fought late-night gunbattles with gangs who forced citizens from their cars and used the vehicles to block streets in a city across the border from Texas.The Nuevo Laredo city government posted messages on Facebook warning citizens to stay indoors as the battles erupted at several intersections Wednesday night. Gangs used stolen cars and buses to block several main avenues in the city across from Laredo, Texas. Several residents called local newspapers to report thefts. “For your security, stay in your homes until the alert has passed,” the city government wrote on Facebook”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/four-bodies-found-in-nuevo-laredo.html
Mexico, On The Brink Of Apocalypse?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 26/Jul/2010 18:40
“In an interview by Carmen Aristegui, the security specialist Edgardo Buscaglia says that “The violence is like a perfect storm in which many factors are interacting to lead Mexico into a civil war scenarioâ€
Faced with the violent events this week in various parts of the country and how they occurred, some commentators caution that we face a new escalation of violence in Mexico: the stage of terrorism.
Where once the United States had been particularly attentive to what was happening in Ciudad Juarez, now it is also deeply concerned about what is happening in Nuevo Laredo.
Nuevo Laredo happens to be the largest inland port for commerce between Mexico and the U.S. where at least 12,000 tractor trailers full of industrial, agricultural and consumer goods pass daily. A permanent state of chaos in Nuevo Laredo would seriously impact trade between both nations.
Today it is assumed that the Mexican government is unable to control the violence that affects it’s innocent citizens. And if this is happening on the border with the U.S. then the national security of the U.S is also affected.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/mexico-on-brink-co-near-apocalypse_1788.html
Most Wanted Terrorists
Posted by Brian in Threat Watch on 24/Jul/2010 20:23
Iran says it has 100 vessels for each US warship
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 24/Jul/2010 19:19
IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Morteza Saffari
“TEHRAN — The former naval chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the country has set aside 100 military vessels to confront each warship from the U.S. or any other foreign power that might pose a threat, an Iranian newspaper reported Saturday.
Such a military confrontation in the vital oil lanes of the Persian Gulf would be of major global concern. The warning builds on earlier threats by Iran to seal off the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz — through which 40 percent of the world’s oil passes — in response to any military attack.
“We have set aside 100 military vessels for each (U.S.) warship to attack at the time of necessity,” Gen. Morteza Saffari was quoted as saying by the conservative weekly Panjereh.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/24/4742128-iran-says-it-has-100-vessels-for-each-us-warship
NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 24/Jul/2010 18:42
Ri Tong-il (C), spokeman for North Korean Foreign Minister Park Ui-chun speaks with mediaduring the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi July 23, 2010.
“HANOI, Vietnam- North Korea on Friday threatened the United States and South Korea with a “physical response” to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the North.
In Vietnam for a Southeast Asian regional security forum, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a North Korean official traded barbs over the ship incident, the upcoming military drills and the imposition of new U.S. sanctions against the North.”
Mexican Army soldiers and a band of up to 60 gunmen clash in the state of Chihuahua
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 24/Jul/2010 18:32
“Armed clashes between a detachment of Mexican Army soldiers and a band of up to 60 gunmen resulted in the seizure of approximately 52 pounds of Tovex and 2 pounds of Detagel high explosives and a spool of detonation cord in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre in the state of Chihuahua.
Juarez has suffered 6000 dead and the rest of Chihuahua has counted 3000 deaths since the start of the drug war in late 2007.”
Taliban using children to plant IEDs
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 23/Jul/2010 00:48
“In mid-May, a 9-year-old boy and his 4-year-old spotter died when an IED they were laying blew up, Kidnie said. And on June 6, two Afghan kids, aged 11 and 8, were caught in the act of planting an IED. Their hands tested positive for explosive residue, Brown added.”
Juarez Graffiti Message to U.S. law enforcement Warns of Another Car Bomb
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 22/Jul/2010 23:33
“A graffiti message found Sunday night in Juárez warned U.S. law enforcement that another car bombing will occur if they do not arrest corrupt federal police agents.
The unsigned message told the FBI and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate authorities that support the Sinaloa drug cartel.
Otherwise, there will be another car bomb placed in Juárez to kill federal police, the threat stated.
“If in 15 days, there is no response with detention of corrupt federales, we will put a car with 100 kilos of C4,” the message read.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/graffiti-message-in-juarez-warns-of.html
More Dead in Nuevo Laredo
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 22/Jul/2010 22:48
Nuevo Laredo
“More bloody gunbattles erupted in Nuevo Laredo on Wednesday night, leaving several people dead and an unknown number injured as armed gunmen fought each other through the streets near the center of the city, on Colosio Boulevard in the Parque Viveros area, on Guerrero, on Reforma and other parts of the city.
“I saw a dead body hanging out of a car,†near the restored historic train station downtown, said one witness who asked not to be identified.
Special Forces Police in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
On Monday, an unknown person dressed in civilian clothes tossed a grenade into a late-night crowd at a sports complex, killing one person and injuring 16, including several children.”
Fanning the Flames of Jihad
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch on 22/Jul/2010 11:05
By Scott Stewart
On July 11, 2010, al-Malahim Media, the media arm of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), published the first edition of its new English-language online magazine “Inspire.†The group had tried to release the magazine in late June, but for some reason — whether a technical glitch, virus (as rumored on some of the jihadist message boards) or cyberattack — most of the initial file released was unreadable.
The magazine was produced by someone who has a moderate amount of technological savvy, who speaks English well and who uses a lot of American idioms and phraseology. We did not note any hint of British or South Asian influence in the writing. A government source has suggested to us (and we have seen the claim repeated in the media) that Inspire was produced by a U.S citizen who was born in Saudi Arabia named Samir Khan. Khan is a well-known cyber-jihadist — indeed, The New York Times did an excellent story on Khan in October 2007. Given Khan’s background, history of publishing English-language jihadist material and the fact that he reportedly left the United States for Yemen in 2009 and has not returned, it does seem plausible that he is the driving force behind Inspire.
“This report is republished with the permission of STRATFOR: www.STRATFOR.com.”
Four more British soldiers die in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 18/Jul/2010 14:02
Marine Jonathan Crookes died while on foot patrol in the Helmand Province
“Four British soldiers have died in Afghanistan over a 24 hour period, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
A British marine and two British soldiers were killed in separate explosions in Helmand yesterday.
The marine was named by the Ministry of Defence today as Jonathan Crookes.”
Major James Bowman on a patrol in Helmand on June 26. He was killed this week by a rogue Afghan soldier
Nate Henn, American working with Uganda’s abducted “child soldiers”, killed in Uganda blast
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion, Threat Watch on 17/Jul/2010 12:32
Nate Henn, 25, was killed in Uganda when simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant.
“Nate Henn, a Wilmington, De., native who was working with Uganda’s child soldiers, died in the blast in Kampala Monday while watching the soccer match at an outdoor rugby field.
Dozens were killed at the rugby club, where revelers had gathered to watch the final on a large TV screen set up outside. Well over a dozen more people died in a separate blast at an Ethiopian restaurant in Kampala.
Henn, 25, was remembered as a tireless and devoted activist by the California-based aid group Invisible Children, which sponsored his work in Uganda.
“From traveling the United States without pay advocating for the freedom of abducted child soldiers … to raising thousands of dollars to put war-affected Ugandan students in school, Nate lived a life that demanded explanation,†the group said in a statement on its website.
“He sacrificed his comfort to live in the humble service of God and of a better world, and his is a life to be emulated.â€
Six missionaries from the Christ United Methodist Church in Selingsgrove, Pa., were injured in the blast: Lori Ssebulime, Emily and Joanne Kerstetter, Kris Sledge, and Pam and Thomas Kramer.
“Emily was rolling around in a pool of blood screaming,†said Ssebulime, who has helped bring in U.S. church groups since 2004. “Five minutes before it went off, Emily said she was going to cry so hard because she didn’t want to leave. She wanted to stay the rest of the summer here.â€
Blood and pieces of flesh littered the floor among overturned chairs at the scenes of the blasts, which went off as people watched the game between Spain and the Netherlands.
http://patdollard.com/2010/07/al-qaeda-bombers-kill-64-world-cup-fans-in-uganda/
Let me ask you: which seems more like a Religion of Peace? The one that inspires followers to blow up people watching a soccer game or the one that inspires followers to help kids who have been abducted and forced to become soldiers?
The Other US Border Dilemma
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch on 15/Jul/2010 09:25
From: IDGA
… U.S.’s often overlooked northern border has some very serious challenges of its own and there are real and very serious criminal and terrorist threats along its long frontier. The U.S. Canada border has been called the worlds friendliest and for a long time many Americans viewed crossing the border into Canada on par with crossing state lines. It has commonly been seen as very easy to cross, low hassle, and having minimal security presence even at checkpoints.
For those very same reasons this same border has been becoming increasingly attractive to criminals and terrorists that see great opportunity for smuggling and low chance of being apprehended. The U.S. Canada border is massive in terms of mileage and greater in size than the southwest Mexican border that is very large in its own right.
New Report: terror threat should be defined in order to fight it.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 13/Jul/2010 00:51
“In the report, scheduled to be released this week, counterterrorism experts from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy argue that the U.S. could clearly articulate the threat from radical Islamic extremists “without denigrating the Islamic religion in any way.”
“The administration…has to separate discussion of Islam as a religion from the radical Islamic ideology that is producing and fueling global insurgencies.”
Sen. Joe Lieberman
“…the failure to identify our enemy for what it is – violent Islamist extremism – is offensive and contradicts thousands of years of accepted military and intelligence doctrine to ‘know your enemy.'” – Sen. Joe Lieberman
The other side of that argument?
Counter Terror Deputy John Brennan
“…using ‘Islamic extremist’ and other variations of that phrase does not bring us closer to this objective. Rather, the phrase lumps a diverse set of organizations, with different motivations, goals, capabilities and justifications for their actions, into a single group in a way that may actually be counterproductive.” – counter terror deputy John Brennan
Family of Pakistani Christian murdered by Muslim mob: “the community did not want ‘scum’ in it.”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 12/Jul/2010 20:12
Jhelum, Punjab Province
Pakistan (MNN) ― A Pakistani Christian mourns the loss of his family after a Muslim mob murdered his wife and four children, according to Compass Direct News.
Jamshed Masih, a police officer, moved his family to Mustafa Colony after he was transferred from Gujrat to Jhelum, Punjab Province.
When the predominantly-Muslim community learned of the family’s faith, Maulana Mahfooz Khan, a Muslim religious leader, approached Masih and told him and his family to leave, saying the community did not want “scum” in it. He said no non-Muslims had ever been able to live there and the residents feared the family would be a bad influence on their children.
A short time later, a Muslim mob, led by Khan, arrived at the house, accusing him of blasphemy against Muhammad.
Before police or Masih arrived, the family was murdered.
Now, local authorities refuse to press charges against Khan and his mob because they fear what he will do to them.”
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Missions/Default.aspx?id=1085220
Another expression of tolerance from the Religion of Peace.
Note a key phrase in this article: “predominantly-Muslim community”. That is significant. There are neighborhoods in the UK that even the police hesitate to enter. Yes, you guessed it: the “predominantly-Lutheran community”. No. For some strange reason we don’t have a lot of trouble with the Lutherans and the Baptists and the Catholics – at least not here in the US.
Most Americans have no idea of how disruptive to a culture a “predominantly-Muslim community” can be. They know in the Netherlands. They know in the UK. They know in Dearborn, Michigan. But until there is a sort of critical mass, until the numbers get high enough, you don’t see stories of angry mobs killing women and children, burning churches.
Maybe we’ll be fine. Maybe our “predominantly-Muslim communities” here in the United States will be as friendly and open and kind and generous and reasonable as the “predominantly-Buddhist communities”. They don’t have a very good track record, though, which makes me nervous.
Muslim Protesters in Europe.