[knak]

Does anyone have a subscription to defense news.com? There's an interesting story there that I can't get to. pouting

Terrorists May Have Thermobaric Bombs, Explosives Expert Says...
DefenseNews.com sub Tue Jan 27 18:28:00 MST 2004

[Oorang]

Sorry, I do not. I did some searching to try and find the article through another souce and came up with nothing. Sounds interesting.

[JustPiper]

We need someone from military/government/police etc. to sign up there it is free

but I did get around all that -g-

Terrorists Could Have Thermobaric Bombs


COLUMBUS, OHIO -- A top explosives expert says a weapon the Pentagon is trying to perfect may also be a weapon of choice for terrorists, Defense News reports.
Tom Burky, a bomb expert for the Battelle research institute, said the use of thermobaric bombs has been proven in some terrorist explosions and suspected in many others.

Thermobaric bombs are five to 10 times more powerful than conventional explosives, and their use would substantially increase the explosive capability of car bombs, Burky said.

U.N. Will Study Security Situation in Iraq

PARIS -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he will dispatch a team to study the situation in Iraq and determine if the U.S. can guarantee safety for elections in the spring, Knight Ridder reports.

"I have concluded that the United Nations can play a constructive role in helping to break the current impasse," said Annan in a statement issued from Paris.

The world body pulled its foreign staff out of Iraq after an August bombing that killed 21, including top U.N. envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.

Indonesia Declines Libyan Warships

JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- The head of the Indonesian navy turned down a Libyan donation of several warships, reports the Jakarta Post.

"Most of them are aged 25 years or more," said Chief of Staff Adm. Bernard Kent Sondakh. "We couldn't afford their maintenance."

The Indonesian navy, which is in the process of upgrading its aging fleet, recently signed a contract with a Dutch shipbuilder for two new corvettes.

[JustPiper]

Also found this!

Syria Has Installed Chemical Warheads on Missiles

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say Syria, with the help of North Korea, has completed the design and installation of chemical warheads for its Scud B, Scud C and Scud D missiles, the Middle East Newsline reports.
"Since the 1970s, Syria has pursued what is now one of the most advanced Arab state chemical weapons capabilities," said Undersecretary of State John Bolton.

"It has a stockpile of the nerve agent sarin that can be delivered by aircraft or ballistic missiles, and has engaged in the research and development of more toxic and persistent nerve agents such as VX," Bolton said.