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Explosive Gel Was to Be Concealed in Sports Drink
ABC News. com ^
| 8/10/2006
| Richard Esposito
Posted on 08/10/2006 11:27:23 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
The suspected terror plotters arrested in Britain had planned to conceal their liquid or gel explosives inside a modified sports beverage drink container and trigger the device with the flash from a disposable camera.
ABC News has learned exclusively that the plotters planned to leave the top of the bottle sealed and filled with the original beverage but add a false bottom, filled with a liquid or gel explosive.
This, they thought, would ensure that they would be able to pass through security -- even if they were asked to unseal and drink the beverage.
The flash in a disposable camera has enough electrical power, they apparently believed, to set off the homemade explosive.
There are any number of homemade or modified commercial liquids that would have made effective explosives, with enough energy to damage or destroy a plane.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedastrategy; crushislam; drinkmilk; explosives; foiled; islam; islamisevil; londonairlineplot; muslims; terrorists; trop
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To: Sleeping Freeper
It also helps when one of the "suspects" works at Heathrow.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:28:24 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Sleeping Freeper
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:28:29 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: Howlin
You should see Pearson Airport in Toronto, it looks like Al Qaeda works there.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:29:28 AM PDT
by
Catholic Canadian
(Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
To: Sleeping Freeper
I just checked the date 8/10 on Wikipedia
610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Qur'an.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:29:47 AM PDT
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: in hoc signo vinces; Sleeping Freeper
Chillingly clever. The TSA person makes them drink the liquid, and everything seems to be OK, and then they get on the plane. That is, if I'm reading the article correctly.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:30:20 AM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I stuck around...)
To: Sleeping Freeper
If the Egyptian Eleven make it to LA will Special Order 40 be rescinded to allow LAPD to make an arrest?
To: mystery-ak; silent_jonny
Jack Bauer would have uncovered this immediately.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:30:54 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: Howlin
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:32:22 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: Catholic Canadian
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:32:24 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: rintense
Since it was uncovered who's to say Jack didn't uncover it? ;^)
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:33:41 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Sounds like a lamer plane than the Shoe-Bomber's.
What are the odds this ban on personal drinks will become permanent???
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:33:52 AM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
To: Sleeping Freeper
CNBC had a some terrorism expert that informed all listeners that one could build a explosive with material bought at past-security points airport stores. He went on to let all know that you could buy toys with batteries & wires, electronics and even chemicals via pharmacies that would help in the construction of an explosive.
I'm sure explosive experts already know this information but there must be a nutjob or two that just had a light bulb go off.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:34:05 AM PDT
by
Republican Red
(Everyone is super stoked on Gore, even if they don't know it)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Simple solution, assuming its a 20oz bottle, simply take all the drinks away from passengers. If they complain, hand them a dollar.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:34:28 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(The "smarter" the idividual, the greater his power of self-deception.)
To: Sleeping Freeper
To: in hoc signo vinces
Too bad the Korean directs them to use their cleverness for evil.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:35:07 AM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: Mo1; Peach
This, they thought, would ensure that they would be able to pass through security -- even if they were asked to unseal and drink the beverage. Crikey.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:35:22 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(I am a proud friend of Israel. We're all Jews now.)
To: CaptainK
Too bad the Korean directs them to use their cleverness for evil. Kim Jong Il is in on this too!?
To: Sleeping Freeper
With the specific banned items listed today, I'll wager the sports drink was only one of several types of containers identified.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:35:50 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
To: Dog
Nope. One of the "suspects" worked there in SECURITY.
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posted on
08/10/2006 11:36:06 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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