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Official: Explosive PETN Used in Attack (Carried in Condom by Suspect?)
CBS News/AP ^ | Saturday, December 26, 2009

Posted on 12/26/2009 10:20:58 AM PST by kristinn

The suspect in the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 used a highly explosive substance called PETN, a law enforcement official told CBS News Saturday.

The explosives were carried in a soft plastic container - possibly a condom - though much of the packaging was destroyed in the fire, the official said.

The FBI is questioning the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who claimed to be acting on orders from al Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials said.

A high-ranking law enforcement official told CBS News that the suspect apparently used a syringe to inject a chemical into the powder, which was located near his groin. It is a technique not seen in previous attempted attacks and it's possible that this incident was a test of whether the materials could pass screening and how effective they might be at causing damage, the source said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulmutallab; airlinesecurity; explosives; flight253; globaljihad; northwestflight253; petn; tm
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To: tiredoflaundry

If those people at DU honestly think the guy was only ‘celebrating’ Christmas - an ardent Moslem - with firecrackers inside a plane, then the Left is not just crazy but absolutely STUPID. I never use that word lightly.


81 posted on 12/26/2009 11:14:36 AM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: Arthur McGowan
*ping*

This thread contains alot of interesting information about the explosive.

82 posted on 12/26/2009 11:15:23 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: kristinn

To have a syringe in his carry on luggage, all he’d need would be a doctors prescription...diabetes etc..

A talcum powder container would take care of the “white powder” stuff..

an after shave bottle could contain the liquid..

or an insulin bottle...


83 posted on 12/26/2009 11:17:45 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: kristinn
PETN was also used to bring down TWA 800...

As was reported here...


84 posted on 12/26/2009 11:23:27 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: kristinn
The election of the constitutionally unqualified Obama to POTUS has unleashed a flood of hatred against white, Christian America. This is the beginning, folks...
85 posted on 12/26/2009 11:29:16 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: kcvl

Thanks for the post.
You gotta hand it to the dad for alerting U.S. authorities, trying to save American lives and, of course, the life of his son.
Let it be a lesson, don’t listen to the loony left, I can tell you, I’ve lived overseas a long time now and we have some seriously good friends round the world.
Way to go Dutch dude!


86 posted on 12/26/2009 11:32:12 AM PST by paristwelve (Feeling sorry for things is just an excuse for not celebrating your own happiness.)
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To: Lurker; Cindy

Same stuff the shoe bomber used or tried.....semtex, dupont, ensign bickford, royal ordnance, etc all use it as a primary. ANFO is a .60, Military Dynamite is .80, TNT is 1.0 and C-4 is 1.34 on the relative equivalency scale and PETN is 1.66 on same scale before you get into insensitive / sensitive exotics used in nukes etc ....

You can get this in a medical form, from cannibalizing uxo on a battle field or by stripping det cord.

Last but not least you can buy it, say you blew up 30 pounds of it , keep 10 pounds for yer buddies......common in military and construction to keep a little around for “emergencies”........

I read that somewhere........;o)


87 posted on 12/26/2009 11:33:02 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: kristinn

HA HA - sounds like the guy had a weenie roast on himself!


88 posted on 12/26/2009 11:37:49 AM PST by PGR88
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To: kristinn

PETN is what the shoe bomber tried to use.


89 posted on 12/26/2009 11:40:27 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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To: kcvl

DHS gets a letter from a banker in Nigeria.../million dollar scam sarc


90 posted on 12/26/2009 11:44:07 AM PST by visualops (Freepin' on my Pre!)
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To: kristinn

Well, I surmise that God intervened and this terrorist received his due reward.


91 posted on 12/26/2009 11:44:28 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He’s got those dead eyes that they all have.


92 posted on 12/26/2009 11:44:36 AM PST by homegroan (ZQczar...happily addicted to the Refresh Button.....)
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To: mreerm
We will only be safe again when a Republican Conservative controls the Whitehouse and the dim party is a minority in both houses.

LLS

93 posted on 12/26/2009 11:49:35 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: Joan912

Ping.

This is the thread you need to read about the explosives. (Definitely watch the video Dog posted.)


94 posted on 12/26/2009 11:50:05 AM PST by GlassArson (Calm me with your lies, your simple tragedy)
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To: kristinn

Screw it. I’m done flying. I don’t need the hassles.


95 posted on 12/26/2009 11:50:37 AM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

another way of saying what you said...we’ll only be safe AGAIN when ADULTS are runnin’ the show AGAIN


96 posted on 12/26/2009 11:55:00 AM PST by mreerm
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Muslim put a condom filled with the explosive up his butt and removed it in the restroom and carried it back in a pillow back to his seat.


97 posted on 12/26/2009 11:57:08 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: kristinn
A high-ranking law enforcement official told CBS News that the suspect apparently used a syringe to inject a chemical into the powder, which was located near his groin.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

It was a binary bomb that either leaked or was not mixed properly. Instead of exploding, it flash burned.

So the perp has a crispy critter.

AMPUTATE!

98 posted on 12/26/2009 11:58:13 AM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
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To: FunkyZero

You know, while reading your explanation (BTW, thank you!) it all comes down to rudimentary physics. It seems a MecE should know those things.


99 posted on 12/26/2009 12:02:18 PM PST by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: tiredoflaundry

Yes, a test and they succeeded getting the explosive onboard. If this idiot had gone into the bathroom instead of trying to explode himself in a seat, we could have had lost the plane, all onboard and who knows how many on the ground.

Let’s see, is it easier to search everywhere that a condom might be hidden, or to keep certain foreigners off of our airplanes when they appear on a watchlist for Muslim terrorism?


100 posted on 12/26/2009 12:03:41 PM PST by excopconservative
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