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U.S. believes ISIS' bomb-making research includes new generation of explosives
CBS News ^ | 17 May 2017 7:36pm | Charlie D'Agata

Posted on 05/19/2017 5:58:57 AM PDT by blueplum

Amid the bombed-out ruins of Mosul University, U.S. officials say they have uncovered evidence that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was developing a new type of bomb that could pass through an airport scanner undetected.  CBS News joined Iraqi Special Forces in Mosul just days after the hard-fought battle to recapture the University in January. It's long been believed that Mosul University was the center of the militants' bomb-making projects, using the school's equipment and labs.  Now, U.S. officials believe that research includes a new generation of more powerful explosives that could be concealed in a computer.  When ISIS overran Mosul in 2014, they also captured the city's international airport. And with it, all the modern security scanner and screening equipment necessary to test their new bombs. 

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homelandsecurity; isis; terrorism
If this is what was shared with Russia, it's mostly 3 years' stale info, just sayin'
1 posted on 05/19/2017 5:58:57 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

It probably is “new” news to the media. They haven’t reported actual news for years.


2 posted on 05/19/2017 6:02:27 AM PDT by dforest
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There’s also a good chance, this was provided from Jordanian intelligence not the Israelis. God Bless Israel but those ex-Mossad folks have also talked down Netanyahu.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/jordanian-spies-isil-bomb-intel-officials-170518022215542.html

So, yes, it was likely fake news that Trump spoke about something given him by the Israelis.


3 posted on 05/19/2017 6:07:47 AM PDT by BeadCounter (Trump; most pro-life president ever.)
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ISIS is probably getting their bomb making help from every arab country.


4 posted on 05/19/2017 6:18:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Bookmark


5 posted on 05/19/2017 6:29:43 AM PDT by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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U.S. officials say they have uncovered evidence that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was developing a new type of bomb that could pass through an airport scanner undetected

Why not just ask the key players in this war, how far advanced they are with their new weapons?? Bring in John McCain, Lindsay Graham, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama,... and just ask them.


6 posted on 05/19/2017 6:36:45 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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I wouldn’t even say Israel or Jordan.

“The city” that the wackadoodles were all ‘omg, Trump identified the city to Russia and spies are gonna dieeee!”, was Mosul. The “source” was joint US-Iraq forces. “The method” was people who break things, resulting in a whole lot of dead Isis bodies. No Jordan or Israel needed.


7 posted on 05/19/2017 9:04:54 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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One of their young agents disguised a bomb prototype as a clock, fooled a lot of school administrators in the USA. I don’t doubt that they could fool airport TSA staff with bombs disguised as laptop computers, as the TSA staff are dumb as rocks.


8 posted on 05/19/2017 9:56:26 AM PDT by roadcat
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