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| Britain cooks up confusion for terrorists with Ellen's all-American cupcake recipes |
| 2011-06-02 |
| WOULD-BE terrorists searching the internet for tips on how to build bombs were instead taught how to bake the perfect cupcake after an intervention by British intelligence. Intelligence agency MI6 launched the cyber operation against jihadi magazine, Inspire, in an attempt to hamper attempts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) to attract "lone wolf" terrorists, The Daily Telegraph in London said. Surfers trying to download the English-language magazine's Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom feature were instead redirected to a site boasting recipes for The Best Cupcakes in America. The baking site, which is published by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, promises treats for "today's sweet-toothed hipsters" including the mojito cupcake, made using white rum and vanilla buttercream. The 67-page Inspire contains instructions on how to make rudimentary pipe bombs using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb. The jihadi magazine is produced by Anwar al Awlaki, one of the leaders of AQAP, who has lived in Britain and the United States, and his US colleague Samir Khan. Britain and the US both planned separately to disrupt the magazine on learning of its publication, but the US decided against action as they believed it was cutting off a source of intelligence, the British newspaper reported. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Opportunity lost. My solution: Should have had instructions to build a large bomb out of 10,000 pounds of fertilizer, which should be more than enough to blow up a bus. Of course, before they cook up the big batch, they'll need to test a small sample to make sure they have duplicated the process correctly. Just take a very small sample and hold a match to it and see if it fizzles. About 100 pounds of material ought to be enough to perform this test .... |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-06-02 21:47 |