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| 'Suicide bomber' explosive found in Phoenix apartment (according to hysterical headline) |
| 2006-05-26 |
| Explosive material found inside a Phoenix apartment during a narcotics search was determined to be the same highly unstable substance widely used by suicide bombers. Authorities do not know how William Ronald Roberts, 38, obtained a pound of triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, but said there is no indication that he is affiliated with any terrorist organizations. Department of Public Safety officers went to Roberts' apartment near 16th Street and Highland on a narcotics tip Wednesday. The officers, who were acting under the Maricopa County HIDTA task force, found personal amounts of marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the front of the home. But Roberts cautioned them before they went any further. "He said he had something in the kitchen he needed to tell them about before somebody got hurt," said Officer Tim Mason, a DPS spokesman. "He had an explosive device he thought was flash powder and said he obtained it on the street." Mason said there was no indication that Roberts produced the explosive himself. Household chemicals are the base ingredients for TATP, and its finished product is barely detectable to conventional bomb detection systems. The FBI recently began training K-9s to identify peroxide-based explosives like TATP. Officials from Phoenix police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms removed and detonated the explosives found in Roberts' apartment. An investigation is ongoing. Roberts was booked into a Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of failure to appear and driving with a suspended license. There could be additional charges. aka acetone peroxide. From the wiki: "Many people have been killed or permanently injured by accidents with acetone peroxide. It is widely used by people who want to make homemade explosives because of its low cost and ease of manufacture. They often have no idea of its extreme sensitivity, or they make it anyway solely because it's cheap and can be made in a refrigerator." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 You'll get the bill in the mail. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-05-26 19:06 |
| #1 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0525explosive-ON.html Argh. Sorry, mods. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-05-26 16:18 |