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| Al Qaeda 'developed liquid explosives which blow up when dry' | |||
| 2013-08-08 | |||
| Al Qaeda forces of Evil could try to bring down planes using an undetectable explosive soaked into their clothes, officials fear. The organization's bomb-makers are reportedly developing an 'ingenious' system whereby shirts and trousers drenched in the explosive could be ignited when dry. It would be undetectable under current security measures and remove the need for forces of Evil to mix liquid explosives on board, security sources told the American TV network ABC News. The latest threat to air passengers is one of the reasons behind the current global terror alert, according to two senior US government officials.
He said: 'The clothes act as a diluent and reduce the power of the explosives.' However, ars longa, vita brevis... igniting treated clothes could be done simply with a match. Passengers are allowed to carry a single box of safety matches or a cigarette lighter on flights.
Dozens of Al Qaeda operatives are said to have streamed into Sana'a in the past few days, forcing the country's military to use 'extraordinary and unprecedented' security measures to protect official buildings. At the same time, at least four suspected forces of Evil have been killed in an American drone strike in the eastern Marib region of Yemen. The drone fired a missile at a car carrying the four men, setting it on fire and killing all of them, the officials said. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to talk to the media, the officials said they believe one of the dead is Saleh Jouti, a senior Al Qaeda member. It's the fourth drone attack in the past week to hit a car believed to be carrying Al Qaeda members. The BBC reports that Yemeni intelligence services discovered al-Qaeda members had arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa over the past few days ready to implement a large plot. It is said that that plot would include kabooms and suicide kabooms aimed at Western ambassadors and embassies. Yemen's interior ministry has sent armoured military vehicles to surround the presidential palace, and other important buildings. Western embassies in the capital of Sanaa are also being protected. | |||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 We painted the hinges on the door to the physics lab that remained open during the day, all day. That evening when the janitor slammed the door shut . . . |
| Posted by: Elmase the Ugly2144 2013-08-08 12:23 |
| #8 Idiot jihadis can get inside this injit's OODA loop. Not hard when you are standing still and always on the defensive (a stretch). |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-08-08 11:10 |
| #7 Well, when one trying to sell an agenda, everything is New and Improved. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-08 08:06 |
| #6 The organization's bomb-makers are reportedly developing an 'ingenious' system whereby shirts and trousers drenched in the explosive could be ignited when dry. Back in '91 part of my newhire safety briefing was to lightly dampen a sample Tshirt in a clear solution then let it dry on a rack as the instructor went thru his pitch. At the end of the briefing, the guy bent down, picked up a stone and tossed it at the Tshirt. WHUMP! the thing went up in flames. Not new at all. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-08 04:36 |
| #5 think any college sophomores doing what we did would get locked up for suspicion of terrorism these days. Yes, they would. Things are different nowadays, and a certain not at all innocent innocence has been thrown away. As seen above, real terrorists aren't at all nice. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-08 03:59 |
| #4 So now DHS will start striping 70 year old nuns in airports? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-08 03:42 |
| #3 Anarchist handbooks stuff. Troubling and worrisome topics. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-08 03:40 |
| #2 We did that in college inorganic chem lab with a nitrogen triiodide (and ammonia) compound (polyhalides are fun due to bond angles and "crowding" of the bonds, making them highly unstable out of solution, and exothermic). Put it on window sills, scared the crap out of the pigeons. Painted the underside of a toilet seat in the "redneck" frat (Kappa Sigma) and the "pressure points" set it off after drying and someone sat on it - I understand that it Left a nice purple stain on the skin in a "ring" shape. Lets just say back in those days, social probation was worth it. Especially since I only made the stuff (its one of the ways I learned plausible deniability), and someones else did the "painting" - except the windowsill. THe pigeons were an accident and there was no long term damage to them. More than we can say for my attempts (successful) at thermite [magnesium is a great ignition source). There was some rather unfortunate damage from that. Fulminate of mercury too - fun stuff. ANFO of course (but we knew that because its what people used to use to blow up tree stumps when I was a kid). ANd of course chunks of sodium in the fountain - and even better was the potassium I managed to get hold of. Potassium metal is some seriously energetic stuff in a larger body of water. I think any college sophomores doing what we did would get locked up for suspicion of terrorism these days. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-08-08 03:20 |
| #1 D *** NG IT, this sounds like a Childhood Dream/Vision of mine, + possibly Madonna's, but where??? lol. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-08 02:00 |