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| London bombs made using al-Qaeda formula |
| 2005-07-16 |
| FROM Kabul to Kingâs Cross, the sinister links of international terrorism are now beginning to emerge from the wreckage of the bomb-blasted Underground trains and the double decker bus. The ingredients for the bombs match the recommended elements for an explosive device outlined in al-Qaeda documents found abandoned in the basements of houses in Kabul soon after the Taleban and their foreign terrorist acolytes fled the Afghan capital in November 2001. A reporter from The Times found hundreds of documents, spelling out al-Qaedaâs blueprints for making every type of bomb, from high-explosive devices to improvised nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. He uncovered huge piles of pages in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Mandarin, Russian and even English. One of the documents included a list of chemicals found in household products which could produce an effective explosive mix when combined with other elements. The hand-written formula included using triacetone triperoxide (TATP), also known as acetone peroxide and nicknamed âMother of Satanâ because of its volatility; and also their own version of C4, the military plastic explosive. TATP is a primer for an explosive device. Security sources indicated yesterday that a version of the Kabul blueprint, based on TATP, had been used by the bomb-maker involved in the London terrorist attacks. The presence of acetone peroxide stamps a link not only with al-Qaeda but also with previous bomb plots, including the attempt by Richard Reid, the Muslim-convert Briton who tried to blow up an airliner in December 2001, and the plot by Saajid Badat, another Briton,who was arrested in November 2003 after aborting a plan to blow up an airliner with explosives in a sock. Acetone peroxide was found in the heel of Reidâs black basketball shoes after he was overpowered on board a Boeing 767 American Airlines aircraft in December 2001. There was also an element of PETN, a military-style plastic explosive that can be moulded into any shape. The al-Qaeda formula for explosives has now found its way into the Leeds homes of the London bombers, although since the shoe-bomber plot and the early designs drawn up in the Kabul documents, there have been many refinements. The bombs detonated in the Underground and on the bus appear to have been a carefully balanced mix of commercially available materials and military-style ingredients. The evidence of this explosive primer in the four London bombs indicates for the first time that the ingredients were acquired in this country and not brought in from abroad. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #11 Boy! This guy's scarin' me! Can't we stop him? Oh, NNNNNOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!!!! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-16 18:01 |
| #10 I wonder what's riled him up all of a sudden. Did he forget to drink his coffee this morning? |
| Posted by: Educated 2005-07-16 19:26 |
| #9 This is just the beginning of Al-Quaida's purging of the infidels! Soon all Western Civilization will be destroyed!!! And I'll personally behead you, phil_b. FOR ISLAM!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Murat 2005-07-16 17:34 |
| #8 this one's fine - free bendovers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-16 23:45 |
| #7 Ship's right. We need a better Murat impersonator. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-16 23:16 |
| #6 I wonder what's riled him up all of a sudden. Did he forget to drink his coffee this morning? |
| Posted by: Educated 2005-07-16 19:26 |
| #5 4.3 Piss Poor Murat Immitation. No defense of the cowardly Turkish Army in Korea No screeching about RC and the deadly Bedwettian No funny lies about the British Bank bombs Piss poor. Improvement is desperately needed. May be retained. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-16 19:15 |
| #4 Boy! This guy's scarin' me! Can't we stop him? Oh, NNNNNOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!!!! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-16 18:01 |
| #3 This is just the beginning of Al-Quaida's purging of the infidels! Soon all Western Civilization will be destroyed!!! And I'll personally behead you, phil_b. FOR ISLAM!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Murat 2005-07-16 17:34 |
| #2 I totally agree phil_b. |
| Posted by: Annabell Swarski657 2005-07-16 08:09 |
| #1 Fuckwit journalists who haven't got a clue - Improvised nuclear weapons - yeh, right! Otherwise, this is more evil mastermind crap. Someone must have made those nice muslim boys do this. Ergo there's an evil mastermind behind it. It took me 30 seconds to find the formula for TAPT, including how to use it to make detonators. No need to contact AQ. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-16 01:51 |