Al Qaeda Has 'Developed Liquid Explosives Which Blow Up When Dry' Prompting US Evacuation

[yellowcanine]

109. "highly advanced explosive that even our Zillion dollar, multi-national companies haven't even

managed to create yet." Maybe not.......

British bomb expert Sidney Alford confirmed that the new method was possible using easily available chemicals, but pulling it off would be tricky as the soaking process would dilute the explosive.

He said: ‘The clothes act as a diluent and reduce the power of the explosives.’

This is a "highly advanced explosive"?

The new explosive has reportedly been developed by the notorious bomb-maker Ibrahim al-Asiri of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who made the device used by convicted ‘underwear bomber’ Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day in 2009.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385344/Al-Qaeda-developed-liquid-explosives-blow-dry-prompting-US-evacuation-Yemen.html#ixzz2bJBF7tk7

Ok, let's see how that one worked out.....

Abdulmutallab spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom as the flight approached Detroit, and then covered himself with a blanket after returning to his seat. Other passengers then heard popping noises, smelled a foul odor, and some saw Abdulmutallab’s trouser leg and the wall of the plane on fire. Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa, a Dutch film director, jumped on Abdulmutallab and subdued him as flight attendants used fire extinguishers to douse the flames.[106] Abdulmutallab was taken toward the front of the airplane cabin, was seen to have lost his trousers due to the fire, and had burns on his legs.[107] When asked by a flight attendant what he had in his pocket, he replied: “Explosive device.” The device consisted of a six-inch (15-cm) packet which was sewn into his underwear[1][108][109] containing the explosive powder PETN, which became a plastic explosive when mixed[110] with the high explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) (the same two explosives that were used by Richard Reid in 2001[111][112]), and a syringe containing liquid acid.[113] Abdulmutallab created the explosive by mixing PETN with TATP and other ingredients.[113]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab

So, (1) this is a process which is well understood by bomb experts but which they are skeptical about its capabilities to produce an effective bomb.

And (2) this is being developed by the same guy who developed the "underwear bomb" and the "shoe bomb."

This is who we are supposed to fear? People who create "bombs" which set their pants or their shoes on fire and do little else? Please. I don't know about you, but I refuse to be afraid of people who set their pants or their shoes on fire on airplanes.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." FDR, First Inaugural Address, 1933.