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| Wily bomb maker fast in race with technology; informant ID'd device |
| 2012-05-09 |
| Al Qaeda’s top bomb maker in Yemen is so ruthless that he recruited and equipped his own brother for an underwear-bomb suicide attack against a top Saudi royal in 2009. “Even for al Qaeda, that’s cold,” said author Peter Bergen, who has studied the group since the late 1990s. Now Ibrahim al-Asiri, 30, is suspected of making a new underwear bomb designed for use against a U.S.-bound airliner in a plot uncovered last month by U.S. and Saudi intelligence and thwarted within the past few days. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 We're also assuming the brother didn't have a Hot wife. Or Wives. Murder and Dabauchery goes with Islam rather well. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-05-09 16:23 |
| #7 And you need to eat properly beforehand. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-05-09 14:58 |
| #6 Perhaps I should have boldfaced the word 'capable' in my comment. Carrying a high tech bomb of this kind to a target actually requires both smarts and calm temperament. You have to avoid either setting it off early or disabling it and you have to avoid arousing suspicion. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-05-09 14:54 |
| #5 getting your brother to wear the device is also a sign that capable recruits aren't easy to come by For the truly pious, it would be the ultimate opportunity. Why not give that to your brother? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-05-09 13:50 |
| #4 Some of these guys have so many brothers that they might actually want to get rid of a few. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-05-09 13:49 |
| #3 getting your brother to wear the device is also a sign that capable recruits aren't easy to come by |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-05-09 12:53 |
| #2 Not at all. If they do not figure this out, they will never understand the enemy. He made his brother a martyr. Easy. Simple. Stupid, but the misdirected motivation is very easy to understand. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-05-09 12:05 |
| #1 Equipped his own brother with a CAVITY bomb--that's deep freeze cold. |
| Posted by: Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2012-05-09 11:38 |