Posted on 09/29/2009 5:59:08 PM PDT by null and void
(CBS) Al Qaeda has developed a new tactic that allows suicide bombers to breach even the tightest security, as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports.
Inside a Saudi palace, the scene was the bloody aftermath of an al Qaeda attack in August aimed at killing Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, head of Saudi Arabia's counter terrorism operations.
To get his bomb into this room, Abdullah Asieri, one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, avoided detection by two sets of airport security including metal detectors and palace security. He spent 30 hours in the close company of the prince's own secret service agents - all without anyone suspecting a thing.
How did he do it?
Taking a trick from the narcotics trade - which has long smuggled drugs in body cavities - Asieri had a pound of high explosives, plus a detonator inserted in his rectum.
This was a meticulously planned operation with al Qaeda once again producing something new: this time, the Trojan bomber.
The blast left the prince lightly wounded - a failure as an assassination, but as an exercise in defeating security, it was perfect.
The bomber persuaded the prince he wanted to leave al Qaeda, setting a trap.
Al Qaeda has an animated movie showing the meeting between the bomber and the prince. Asieri says more senior al Qaeda figures want to surrender and convinces the prince to talk to them on a cell phone.
In the conversation recorded by al Qaeda, you hear a beep in the middle of two identical phrases that are repeated by the bomber and his handler.
Explosives experts tell CBS News that beep was likely a text message activating the bomb concealed inside Asieri.
The Trojan bomber hands the phone to Prince Mohammed. He's standing next to him, and 14 seconds later, he detonates.
"This is the nightmare scenario," said Chris Yates, an aviation security consultant.
On a plane at altitude, the effects of such a bomb could be catastrophic. And there is no current security system that could stop it.
"Absolutely nothing other than to require people to strip naked at the airport," said Yates.
And al Qaeda says it will share its new technique via the Internet very soon. There is nothing that can stop that either.
OooooooKAY!
It’s the Barney Frank technique.
SBD=Silent but Deadly!
So, the suicide bomber blew his brains out.
Did he die?
Did the al Quaeda animation include the bomb insertion technique?
I am sure Barney would be first in line to volunteer to be stuffed full of TNT if you get my meaning.
Is that what a sh1t storm is??
I am sure Barney has this down to an art. On a more serious note, how can/will this be prevented on aircraft? All they have to do is put their a$$ next to any weak or vulnerable area within the aircraft...detonate and the sh@t literally hits the plane.
This guy got his a$$ blowed to he11
Insert naturally and painlessly 5x per day.
No small knives - 9/11.
All you liquids in a 1 quart bag - the baby formula bombers
Shoes Off - that reid guy from england who tried to light his shoes on fire
LOL.....I was thinking the same thing.
Drop pants to ankles and bend over...
My days of flying will be over:)
Nobody said Achmed was too bright!
Pray for America and Our Troops
How do you go around with a pound of anything up you a$$ for 30+ hours without going crazy trying to resist taking a dump?
To prevent this event on a commercial aircraft, we will have to rely on intensive interrogation techniques used after 9-11. Oh, nobody is doing that anymore because Obama cares more about the favor of our enemies . . .
The San Francisco treat?
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