Posted on 09/22/2009 7:55:44 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
Suicide bomber Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Asiri attempted to kill a Saudi prince by detonating explosives hidden in his bottom.
Al-Asiri, 23, managed to blow himself up in the attack in Jeddah, but his target, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, escaped with minor injuries.
Security experts said they have not come across a bomber who has concealed explosives in this way.
We've never heard of anything quite like this before," a source told The Sun.
Prince Nayef is the head of the security service in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Asiri, who was on a local "Most Wanted" list, arranged a meeting with him after insisting he had turned his back on terrorism.
By hiding the explosives in his bottom he managed to pass security checks before entering the prince's office.
It is believed they were detonated electronically.
Mike Yardley, a weapons expert and former soldier, said: "Hiding it in a body cavity was obviously an attempt to defeat scanners and detectors.
"Thankfully on this occasion the victim escaped because the bomber's body appears to have suppressed the force of the blast."
Prince Nayef, who had led an anti-terror crackdown in Saudi Arabia, injured his hand.
He said: "He surprised me by blowing himself up."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
As they say in mines, “Fire in the Hole!”
WINNER!
I do believe he is the first assassassin.
Spread em.
“An piece of ass is such a terrible thing to waste,” said Barney Frank...
That's because they are bottom dwellers...
LOL!
Now THAT’LL leave a skid mark...and nothing else.
It’d make a good “enhanced interrogation” technique.
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