Posted on 08/10/2006 6:01:33 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
It was also used for smaller unguided rockets, the Lance, used by the Army. Yep, very corrosive and unstable, but these clowns don't really care about that.
Hang them and then feed their bodies to sharks.
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Feeding them to pigs would be better.
Same talking point with Reid.
Do these people think we are stupid or what?
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Well, they know that their constituents are stupid, or else they wouldn't elect them.
TATP has been the favorite explosive of these terrorists, using it on 7/7, the shoe bomber used it, and, I believe, it was what the muslims used in Madrid.
We don't. There are some organizations too disgusting to join for any reason.
OU Bombing - Norman, OK - 10/05
" ... Hinrichs, 21, an engineering student, had two to three pounds of triacetone triperoxide, commonly known as TATP, in a backpack in his lap when it exploded Oct. 1.
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Mauldin, head of the Norman bomb unit, said investigators detonated at the scene the remains of Hinrichs’ backpack, which contained wires, a battery and a circuit board.
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Mauldin said investigators found “quite a bit more” explosive material inside Hinrichs’ Parkview apartment on Sooner Drive, southeast of Lindsey Street and Stinson Drive.
A pint-size Tupperware container on a counter was filled with TATP Hinrichs had manufactured, Mauldin said.
A pill bottle packed with TATP with a fuse stuck in it was found behind a computer, he said.
The FBI reported in November that 0.4 pound of TATP was found inside Hinrichs’ apartment. TATP is the most unstable explosive known and is “the explosive of choice” in the Middle East, Mauldin said. “It is so volatile, even a small amount on the tip of a finger will explode if it comes within 8 inches of a match,” Mauldin said.
Investigators also found a quantity of acetone and hydrogen, components necessary for manufacturing TATP, inside the student’s apartment.
“We found evidence of him compressing TATP, which is foolhardy, given its properties,” Mauldin said.
Making TATP is a seven-step process, Mauldin said, with the substance becoming explosive after three steps.
Bomb squad officers used great care in removing the material from Hinrichs’ apartment for fear it would explode, Mauldin said.
“And we wanted to get it out of there quickly. The longer TATP sits, the more likely (it is) to explode spontaneously,” he said. ..."
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Texas City Apartment Explosion - Texas City, TX - 7/06
" ... In the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, federal agents said Jetton described how he and Rugo were able to obtain the materials necessary to make the highly volatile explosives from the Lowe’s Home Improvement Center in Texas City as well as an unnamed beauty supply shop. The combined materials formed an explosive known as TATP, or triacetone peroxide.
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That bad mixture was confirmed in the federal affidavit. As The Daily News first reported, aluminum shavings had been added to the mixture, along with Thermite, which, in addition to enhancing the explosive properties, also decreased the material’s stability.
TATP can be inadvertently detonated by friction, agents said, which is what investigators believe happened last week.
Agents said Jetton was on the computer in the apartment’s bedroom while Rugo sat on the bed stirring the TATP with the aluminum filings and Thermite.
Rugo had been “playing with that (expletive)” Jetton is quoted as telling investigators.
Seconds later, a blast knocked Jetton into the bathroom and killed Rugo.
After first denying there were additional explosives in the apartment, federal agents said Jetton revealed under interrogation that the apartment contained containers of the materials needed to make TATP and six or seven handmade detonators. Investigators said he also revealed there was a quart bottle containing a diluted TATP solution. ..."
I would suppose because it was going to be hidden inside of sport drink bottles, also they are not allowing any gels etc. onto aircraft either, I would imagine a slurry could be put into a toothpaste tube or hair product tube, or something similar. Better for them to be safe then sorry I think. Plus the news media runs with something before they find out all the facts!
I believe that TATP can be detonated with a spark even in a 25 percent water solution.
This one would have been really bad. Their threat was much more sophisticated than Reid.
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