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How best to blow up people on a bus - the chilling video circulating on terrorist websites
News Telegraph ^ | 7/10/2005 | Colin Freeman

Posted on 07/10/2005 2:17:46 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

A DIY video showing how to make a "suicide-belt" bomb for use on a crowded bus is being circulated among terrorist websites.

The 26-minute tape gives a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to pack the belt with shrapnel and high explosive, and then detonate it on board for maximum loss of life.

In a grim reminder of the blast that devastated the Number 30 in London's Tavistock Place on Thursday, the film's final section shows the device being blown up in a specially arranged "test site", with rows of metal targets designed to simulate passengers on a bus. A voice-over explains exactly where the would-be bomber should sit on the vehicle in order to maximise the blast. A second test-bombing shows how the same bomb will impact on a crowd of people in a street.

The film, a copy of which has been obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, is among a wide range of terrorism training manuals available on internet message boards dedicated to supporting Islamic terrorism.

Little is known about the film's origins, although it is thought to have been shot in the Palestinian territories, where Arab militants have frequently used suicide belts in attacks on Israeli citizens.

It has slick production values that give it the feeling of a corporate video.

As music plays in the background, a voice in Arabic explains, Blue Peter-style, how to manufacture the belt with the help of household items such as glue and Scotch tape.

The video's availability on the internet was disclosed by the Washington-based Search for International Terrorist Entities (Site) Institute, a research establishment which monitors and analyses terrorist websites. It acts as a consultant to several Western intelligence agencies.

"The quality of the video is unbelievable," said Rita Katz, Site's director. "It is more like a production from National Geographic. We think it is the work of Hizbollah from some years ago, but it is being circulated on message boards."

Scotland Yard has tried to play down speculation that Thursday's explosion on the London bus, in which 13 people died, was the work of a suicide bomber. However, detectives say they are keeping an open mind until a forensic analysis of the bus's wreckage is complete.

Even if the inquiry rules it out, the fact that al-Qaeda has used such devices in the past means that it could be a tactic in any further attacks in Britain. The video gives a detailed demonstration of how to make the belt from start to finish, and has a single-minded emphasis to how to kill and maim as many victims as possible.

The voice-over notes: "When the person who will be wearing this explosive vest goes on the bus, and wants to blow himself up, he must be facing the front with his back toward the back.

"There is a possibility that the two seats on his right and his left might not be hit with the shrapnel. However, the explosion will surely kill the passengers in those seats." The video is among dozens of terrorist self-teaching aids circulating on jihadi message boards and websites, alongside manuals on the manufacture of poisonous chemicals and bacteria, urban guerrilla warfare tactics, and the use of rocket-propelled grenades and missiles.


TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedauk; islamofascism; islamosavages; london; michaelmoore; religionofpeace; videotape; waronterror
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Images from the video that can be downloaded

1 posted on 07/10/2005 2:17:47 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: Alouette; SJackson; veronica; Slings and Arrows

Ping


2 posted on 07/10/2005 2:30:48 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
<. Real sweethearts. Their aim is to mass murder large numbers of innocent civilians. On second thought, describing it as mass murder doesn't quite jibe. Genocide is the real aim of these terrorist groups and they will stop at nothing to destroy the West. We've been duly warned.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
3 posted on 07/10/2005 2:31:32 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

It is time that the Islamics get their fair share of the bombings, no matter where they might be hiding. The so called "decent Muslims" have done nothing to deter this.
The majority of Muslims support terrorism.


4 posted on 07/10/2005 2:42:41 AM PDT by tessalu
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To: JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; All
ON THE NET...

INTERNET HAGANAH.US: "IRHABI007 & CO. PRESENT: AL-RASHUD, SAUDI AL QAIDA IDEOLOGUE EXTRAORDINAIRE" (March 21, 2005)

MSNBC.msn.com: "WEB VIDEO TEACHES TERRORISTS TO MAKE BOMB VESTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""The video was accompanied by a note that explained it was there for the purposes of aiding the brothers, the fighting brothers, in cities in central Iraq," says NBC terror analyst Evan Kohlmann.  Related story Latest on the Mosul attack Specifically, the note mentioned wanting to help fighters in Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul, though there's nothing to tie this to Tuesday's attack. The person who posted the note and video on the Internet called himself "terrorist007." NBC News will not reveal most details, but the video demonstrates each step of bomb making: *select a fabric and sew the vest; *mix explosives; *arrange shrapnel to kill victims in a large radius; *attach a detonator.") (Updated December 22, 2004)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GLOBAL JIHAD: THREE PLAYERS JOIN FORCES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Witness the collaboration between Abu Banan/Global Islamic Media and Irhabi007 in distributing the Al Qaida publication Sout al Jihad, with additional services provided by the French Islamist site ribaat.org" (September 1, 2004)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (FREEREPUBLIC.com): "YO! IRHABI007, WE'LL HAVE A WORD WITH YOU MATE..." (August 12, 2004) (Read More...)

Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding WASHINGTON POST.com article: "AL QAEDA MESSAGES POSTED ON U.S. SERVER" (July 13, 2004) (Note: "007" mentioned)


5 posted on 07/10/2005 2:43:29 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Crosslinked:

Terror Strike- London!

6 posted on 07/10/2005 2:45:34 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Cold Warrior, draggin' his BAR into the Sunset...)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Hmm, video thought to have been shot in the Palestine territories. Gee, let's give them another two or three hundred million bucks. Who says terrorism doesn't pay!


7 posted on 07/10/2005 2:47:49 AM PDT by hershey
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To: goldstategop

I think we have not only been warned but we have be shown over and over again. Unfortunately, until it hits some people where it hurts (physically and/or financially), they just don't/won't get it. Most Israelis get it. Look at how many people in Europe and the U.S. still side with the Palestinians--even the mayor of London. I wonder if he's reconsidering his POV just a little bit now. I hate to say it, but we will have to be shown several more times here in the States (and so will the people of England) before it finally sinks in.


8 posted on 07/10/2005 2:57:54 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
And these are the people the liberals side with and whose prison treatment they fret about.
9 posted on 07/10/2005 3:01:37 AM PDT by Allegra (On the Rocks With Salt, Please...)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; Alouette; SJackson; Yehuda; dennisw; Lijahsbubbe; sheik yerbouty; ...
A DIY video showing how to

repair drywall
install ceiling fans
hang wallpaper
make a "suicide-belt" bomb for use on a crowded bus

is being circulated among terrorist websites
.

They just aren't motivated by the same things that normal functioning civilized societies find useful.

10 posted on 07/10/2005 3:07:40 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Someone needs to hack into this video and add a scene in which the viewer is urged to make sure the bomb belt will work by testing it in a remote location first. They're obviously big enough morons to fall for it, and it would solve the problem quite nicely.


11 posted on 07/10/2005 4:30:30 AM PDT by HHFi
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To: beaversmom

What about those who support the Saudis? The Saudis are the SOURCE of almost all terror in the west.


12 posted on 07/10/2005 5:24:14 AM PDT by quiet_vet
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Why can't these people watch 'This Old House' or the 'DIY' channel like normal people... oh, wait; I forgot, they're not normal, they're Islamofascists.


13 posted on 07/10/2005 5:57:07 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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Little is known about the film's origins, although it is thought to have been shot in the Palestinian territories,

Excellent, a media industry develops in the peaceful, democratic state. We'll have to buy them a bigger studio.

14 posted on 07/10/2005 6:06:04 AM PDT by SJackson (On the second try, I got that jug off, but then I had a bear tied to a tree)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Idea to fight terrorism - flood the world with fake videos that explain things wrong.

The Complete Terrorists Guide to Hijackings, for example. Readers try to take over a plane and the lead hijacker tells the second gunmen" "Show him the bomb." The second gunmen says: "The I thought you brought the bomb". Etc. Etc.

15 posted on 07/10/2005 7:22:37 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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FRmail me to be added or removed from this Judaic/pro-Israel/Russian Jewry ping list.

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16 posted on 07/10/2005 7:33:06 AM PDT by Alouette (The only thing learned from history is that nobody ever learns from history.)
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To: Alouette

thanks for posting this


17 posted on 07/10/2005 8:21:30 AM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Arab Civilization placemarker.


18 posted on 07/10/2005 8:24:28 AM PDT by headsonpikes ("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

This film will probably be a winner at the next Cannes Film Festival.


19 posted on 07/10/2005 8:40:30 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell
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To: Dilbert56

Excellent idea ! ! !


20 posted on 07/10/2005 8:54:29 AM PDT by Rooivalk
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