Sources ID TATP As Component Of [OU] Bomb (called 'Mother of Satan' by Islamist extremists)

Sources Identify TATP As Component Of Bomb TATP Same Component Used By Infamous Shoe Bomber

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sources confirmed Tuesday night that at least one of the components in the bomb used by Joel Henry Hinrichs III Saturday night was a product called TATP.

Technically, TATP is triacetone triperoxide. However, it's called the 'Mother of Satan' by Islamist extremists. Experts say it is made by mixing common household items such as drain cleaner and bleach to create a white powder with a strong smell.

It's so volatile that it can explode even if it's merely dropped. It can even explode spontaneously, experts say.

There have been very few reports of TATP being used in the United States; however, there have been more documented cases overseas -- including Richard Reid, who was arrested after he used TATP in his shoe and tried to light it on a flight.

The FBI is testing materials from the OU student's backpack, and from Hinrichs' apartment. Sources said a chemist from FBI headquarters was flown to Oklahoma to help with the gathering of evidence to be used for testing.

However, FBI officials will not comment on any aspect of the investigation, including what sources have told Eyewitness News 5.

Search warrants released--it was TATP:

Search Warrant of O.U. “Suicide Bomber" Unsealed:

Found: Mixing bowls, a slow cooker, a thermometer, plastic containers, a hobby fuse, a circuit board, six tape rolls, chemicals used to make TATP as well as the TATP.

20 November 2005: The documents relating to the search of the apartment of Joel Henry HINRICHS III were made public Friday after U.S. Magistrate Valerie Couch ruled there was no further need to keep the records of the search of Hinrichs' apartment, e-mail account and nine OU computers sealed.

According to the documents released, FBI agents found the same type of volatile high explosive used by the the now infamous shoe bomber Richard Reid, and in the suicide bombings in London inside the apartment of University of Oklahoma student Joel Henry HINRICHS III, who ended up blowing himself up outside of a packed football stadium.

Documents state that the FBI al so discovered "explosive experiments and paraphernalia," including 0.4 pounds of a white powder that turned out to be triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, which is composed of hydrogen peroxide and acetone.

HINRICHS died October 1 when an explosive device went off about 100 yards from Gaylord Family/Oklahoma Memori al Stadium where 84, 000 people were watching a football game that evening. Federal agents al so found mixing bowls, a slow cooker, a thermometer, plastic containers, a hobby fuse, a circuit board, six tape rolls, chemic al s used to make TATP as well as the TATP in the apartment.

Despite the FBI’s proclamation that Joel Henry HINRICHS simply wanted to kill himself, the items found inside of HINRICH’S apartment are consistent with items shown at a number of Islamic terrorist Internet websites and in many Islamic terrorist videos that teach bomb-making.

As noted, TATP was identified as the same explosive compound used in the July 7, 2005 Islamic terrorist bombings in London. Islamic suicide bombers were identified as the perpetrators of those bombings.

The FBI also found Hinrichs downloaded from the Internet "numerous text and image files" on weapons and explosives, including one on TATP four days before his death, although they did not identify the websites explored by HINRICHS. One video on his computer depicted a lit match being placed above a white powder then a bright flash.

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