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Exploding kilts? This is a bizarre story that has me kind of
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.540045
An Al-Qaida affiliate has developed a new generation of liquid explosive that U.S. officials fear could be used in a future attack, ABC News reported Monday.
Two senior U.S. government sources who have been briefed on the terror threat that prompted the U.S. to close embassies across the Mideast and North Africa this week, told the network that clothes dipped in the liquid become explosive devices when dry.
One of the U.S. officials described the new generation explosive as "ingenious," while another said it would be undetectable under current security processes.
The liquid explosive is believed to be the brainchild of the Yemen-based affiliate Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the officials told ABC News. This affiliate is home to Ibrahim al-Asiri, a master bombmaker, who was on the 25 "most wanted terrorist" list published by the Yemeni government.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So I don't have a problem with flying naked.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)It's more fear mongering. Think about it.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)on thick, indeed.
Link Speed
(650 posts)That claim was total bs. Anyone with any knowledge of explosives knows that liquids must be mixed under lab conditions. The thought that those rubes could've mixed it in an aircraft lav is simply a ludicrous lie.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)If this is what I'm thinking of, its chem signature is very loud. Probably meant for bombing markets in southwest Asia.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)he is very old and they made him take off his belt. He told then he had nothing on underneath his pants. So he went ahead and dropped them - he was ushered in to a side room!
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Shoes and now clothes = what will be next?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Bunnahabhain
(857 posts)those would look nicer than 50% of how I see people dressed on planes these days. We can also hope they are freshly washed, which again, would be an improvement.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Wouldn't recommend it - makes nitro look stable.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)name not needed
(11,660 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Sentath
(2,243 posts)Exactly