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| Extra-Powerful Bombs for New Hamas Offensive |
| 2003-12-10 |
| DEBKAfile Special Report, salt to taste: The next Hamas suicide bomber can kill without strapping a bomb belt to his body. DEBKAfileâs counter-terror sources reveal the new type of explosive going into use after the collapse of the Cairo ceasefire talks as being much smaller and lighter while packing a much larger bang. It is compressed enough to be carried in a small bag or hidden in the killerâs clothes. A vest can be soaked in its liquefied form. Improved detonators and timers enable the bomber to start the countdown before he reaches target. By the time he is searched at the entrance to a mall or bus station, the bomb is on timer. This week, after the breakdown of the Egyptian attempt to broker a Palestinian ceasefire, Hamas leaders issued instructions to the operational commands in Damascus and the Gaza strip to fully reactivate all terror units for a fresh offensive against Israel. They agreed to cooperate. "Breaks over!" A senior Hamas operations commander in the Gaza Strip Abu Muhaheed forewarned Palestinian officials of this decision and told them of the extra-powerful, miniaturized explosive substance for use by Hamas suicide bombers. "Damm Hamas, they always get the cool toys." Israeli security experts confirm the improved incendiary is far more powerful than the types used hitherto by Palestinian terrorists. It appears to be a new cocktail not previously encountered in the Palestinian terrorist offensive in Israel. DEBKAfileâs Counter-terror sources add that the Hamas appears to have obtained the new explosive from the Hizballah together with the improved timers and detonators which enable the terrorist to activate the charge between ten and twenty minutes before he reaches the scene of attack. Even if he is caught on the way to target, there is no way the bomb can be disarmed. It will go off exactly at the preset time. If we hear about guys going boom running to catch the bus, weâll know why. Israeli counter-terror chiefs have suspected that a new kind of composite bomb substance was about to go into use after two British Muslim suicide bombers attacked a Tel Aviv seafront bar at the end of last April. One fled, the otherâs body was found with an unknown type of explosive. Theyâve come up with some kind of special top secret islamic explosive that nobody has ever seen before? Yeah, right. On May 20,, the presumption was confirmed when the Israeli navy succeeded in capturing an Egyptian fishing boat, âAbu Hasan,â en route from Beirut to Gaza. On board was one of Hizballahâs expert bomb-makers, Hamad Amra. Found in his possession were 36 instructional video tapes demonstrating how to assemble explosive material and the different ways of incorporating them undetectably in fine undergarments or even outer wear to defeat the searches of bags. Explosive thongs? Security experts assume that the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group transferred the experts and the know-how to the Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with the help of Syrian military intelligence. Syrians again. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Sounds like they may have invented nitro glycerin. If that's the case, time for some sonic booms over Gaza... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-10 5:22:21 PM |
| #4 Sounds like they may have invented nitro glycerin. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-10 3:39:46 PM |
| #3 From the Daily Herald: In the village of Taffuh near Hebron in the West Bank, three Palestinians were killed in an explosion in a house. Palestinians and Israeli military sources said they were Hamas activists trying to make a bomb. No Israeli troops were in the area, both sides said. Now what did I say about those prematures? |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-10 3:12:39 PM |
| #2 No doubt there is some exaggeration here. Hamas hasn't made a press release yet and I think if they were really ready to launch, they would make one of their "beware the gates of hell" type pronouncements. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-12-10 2:23:43 PM |
| #1 Anyone taking bets that these improvements came to Hizballah (Hezballah, same same) via Syria via Iran via Russia? I'd like to see a list of Izzoid SuperChemists. Okay, show me again. Nope. One more time - I promise I won't blink this time. So if it's not homebrew, then you have to ask who they're cozily doing business with that has spent a few decades developing exotics. Oooh, a toughie... What's a little chemistry among friends when exchanging friggin' nuke technology for cash? Cake, meet icing. Maybe the US should pull out some exotic stuff, manufacture some fine undergarments of the correct size, and ship them to Mrs. Putin for her approval. Think he'd appreciate the gesture? |
| Posted by: ,com 2003-12-10 1:51:56 PM |