SHE BOMBER

Mirror ^ | 1-3-04 | Edwards, Smith, Knight

[Semper911]

We cannot defend against this, except maybe with those body scan x-ray things that Drudge was whining about a few months ago.

What sucks is that if a terrorist is ever successful at a plot like this, we will never know about it. We will just know that a plane crashed.

Unless of course, 3 or 4 of them crashed at the same time. That is the only way the media will be unable to make their standard "no connection to terrorism" disclaimer five minutes after the event.

AQ knows this.

[Riley]

One question of course would be how to detonate this - would regular batteries do the trick?

Plastic explosives generally require both shock and heat, in order to explode . Typically a blasting cap is used for this. (think 'industral-grade firecracker'.)

Two kinds of caps; electric and non-electric. Electric caps require a source of current. Non electric require that a fuse that is crimped into the base of the cap be lit.

[MarkL]

A cunning plan with no reasonable countermeasure.

What about walking a bomb sniffing dog by all the passengers? After all, dogs always sniff your crotch... I'm not trying to be glib or gross... Just stating a fact.

Mark

[eastforker]

It would be just as easy to insert a pound or more with detonator after an incision was made into the abdomen and then stitched up. Could then be set off by remote. Remember, IED's in Iraq are sometimes placed in dead animal carcasses on the side of the road.Would be just as simple to do it with a live human.

[Dog]

Here is a theory I have been mulling around..

What if a succession of people are assigned to bring a different part of the bomb on the plane....say 7 people over 7 days.....with the woman bringing on the key part the plastic explosives and assembling the bomb in the bathroom and setting it off..

[cyncooper]

Remember another part of the reports about that flight was the purported focusing on passengers proving their seating assignments.

[bcoffey]

say 7 people over 7 days....

It would explain why some people are saying the threat is the plane and not the passengers.

Perhaps we found a piece from day one and are now trying to find the day 2-7 people.

[MarkL]

Can 8 to 12 oz bring down a plane?

Maybe... That would be a greater explosive force than a hand grenade. And if it were set off in the rear lavatory, there would be a good chance of disabling the rudder and elevators.

Mark

[gatorbait]

At the risk of sounding well, you know..One pack a heck of a lot of stuff in there. Add to it a fuzing device.. and a hell of device at high altitude. If she had a friend packing the same load..

[Eala]

We were told that it snowed on Oak Harbor the night we left.

And it's snowing now...

[doug from upland]

I don't want to discuss more details.

[arasina]

So I guess this means it's NOT about the British Airways pilots objecting to armed Air Marshals on board as some wanted us to believe.

[mel]

On Fox this morning, I heard someone say that government thought about having RED alert these past few days. Then I had to leave, didn't get to hear the rest of it.

[Eva]

If you think that was cold, you should be here right now, we have a high of 22 degrees and north winds.

[doug from upland]

Our company's motto: IF YOU CAN THINK IT, THEY CAN DO IT!

[Dont Mention the War]

The sociological consequences of such an attack, if it ever happens, will be quite fascinating to watch. The American people may accept one, perhaps two, such bombings. After that, large percentages of them are going to start refusing to fly at all unless the TSA implements pure, unadulterated racial and religious profiling, with all Arabs and Muslims getting full body searches.

What will the government do when the airlines come to them and say, "Either you start profiling or else we'll all go bankrupt!"?

Unfortunately for us all, I think I know the answer. The government will nationalize all the airlines and we'll end up with Amflight.

[doug from upland]

It was nice visiting my daughter and son-in-law, but I'm glad I'm back here in So Cal.

[doug from upland]

People would have stopped flying just before the 1996 election if Clinton allowed the truth to be known about TWA 800.

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[breakem]

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