WATCH BOARD Vol. 04, No. 19 - 8 June 2004
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| PHYSICAL - WATCH BOARD - al-Qaeda threat regarding the Arabian Peninsula: "All compounds, bases and means of transport, especially Western and American airlines, will be direct target for our coming operations in near future." - High threat of attacks in Saudi Arabia targeting Western interests, especially oil facilities/personnel - Shootings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia targeting Westerners: German, British and American nationals hit in past few weeks - Security forces on alert following statement by PKK/KONGRA-GEL that it has ended the ceasefire effective 1 June & that it would start attacks throughout Turkey - Threat by Riyadh as-Salihiin Emir Shamil Basayev for additional attacks following the assassination of Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov - Osama bin Laden: "In al-Qaeda, we are committed to a reward of 10,000 grams of gold for whoever kills the occupier, Bremer, his deputy, the American Forces leader, or his deputy in Iraq. As for the United Nations... whoever kills Kofi Annan, or his envoy to Iraq, or his representative like al-Akhdar al-Ibrahimi, he will receive 10,000 grams of gold. A reward of 1,000 grams of gold for killing any military or civilian individual from the Veto countries like the Americans or the British. A reward of 500 grams of gold for killing military or civilian individuals from the slaves of the General Assembly in Iraq like the Japanese and the Italians." - US State Dept: "...continues to receive information that there may be future bombings in the Philippines, including against airports, commercial shipping, passenger vessels and seaports in Mindanao and in other areas." - al-Qaeda Commander Abdul Aziz al-Moqrin: Jews, Americans & crusaders in general will remain the targets of our coming attacks & this year, God willing, will be fiercer & harsher for them, the apostate Saudi government will be incapable of protecting their [US] interests or providing security for them - Osama bin Laden audio tape released on 15 Apr. offering a truce to Europe, deadline for offer is 15 July - UK FCO: "Maoists have warned that they will take unspecified action against tourist industry in general (hotels, guest houses, lodges, trekking and rafting orgs) on 7, 8 and 9 June." - High threat of vehicular bombings targeting Westerners, NGOs and those working to establish new government in Iraq as 30 June handover approaches LATEST BOMBINGS SUMMARY (from the "Latest Bombings" section on http://www.intelcenter.com) (for a weekly summary of all terrorist activity, subscribe to the World's Terrorist Groups - Intel Update (WTG-IU) at http://www.intelcenter.com/wtg-iu/) - On the evening of 31 May, an explosive device detonated in the Shiite Imam Bargah Ali Raza mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. At least 16 people were killed and at least 38 injured. - On 26 May, two explosive devices detonated near the Pak-American Cultural Center in Karachi, Pakistan. The first blast injured two people. The second blast was larger and detonated 25 minutes after the first. Two police officers were injured in the second blast. - On 25 May, an improvised explosive device detonated near a US military patrol in Fallujah, Iraq. Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, and Pfc. James P. Lambert, 23, both from the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) were killed. - On 24 May, an explosion occurred near the entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. An armored civilian car was destroyed and four people, including two British civilians, were killed. It was reported that there were multiple cars involved in the attack, including several people who began shooting after the explosion. - On 23 May, an explosive device was detonated on a bus along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Kashmir. Twenty-five security personnel were killed and 10 injured. - On 22 May, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Beqaot roadblock in the northern part of the Jordan Valley in Israel. An Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier was injured. - On 22 May, an explosive device detonated as a UAZ jeep carrying combined police detachment personnel from the Tver regional Internal Affairs Inspectorate was passing the Katyr-Yurt settlement in Achkhoy-Martanovskiy district in Chechnya. One police officer was killed and five injured. _________________________________________________ The Watch Board is designed to give you a quick heads-up at the beginning of the week of new developments that may impact your work. The Watch Board is a bulleted list of developments of note concerning terrorism, rebel groups, weapons of mass destruction, critical infrastructure, instability, threat levels, intelligence and other related areas in both the cyber and physical realms. It represents areas that are being monitored by IntelCenter analysts. In addition, the Watch Board now features a snap-shot of the "Latest Bombings" section of the IntelCenter web site each week. |
