[JohnathanRGalt]

This has to be one of the strangest stories on the Al-Muhajiroun site.  There is a magical belief common in central Africa that a certain anointing can render warriors invisible to the enemy. I suppose the Jehadis are no different.

They think a Harry Potter's invisibility cloak might enable them to by-pass airport security.

Al-Qaeda may already have such a cloak. The media seems go out of it's way to hide any connections between Islam and terrorism -- and 19 hijackers did get through airport security on 9/11/2001.

[boris]

My understanding is that the latest generation of explosive detectors employs neutron emission. I don't think an anti-sniffing jacket would help with one of those.

--Boris

[goldstategop]

Next they'll develop a substance to make true Jihadists invisible to the infidels!

[LibKill]

This is not so ridiculous as it might seem. Semtex (russian c-4) has been ground up and mixed with latex in the past.

Rolled into thin sheets it has been inserted in the lining of briefcases and so on. I read this on paper some years back, so I do not have a link.

[per loin]

OK. The Islamics want to turn their clothes into weapons, our logical countermove is to not allow any Islamics onto airplanes if they are wearing anything more than panties.

[cavtrooper21]

By uncle osama's fuzzy lice infested beard, what will they think of next! Clever little goat humpers, but they can't hide forever. The day will come, and they will face justice.
(hopefully swift)
(and painful)
(and without benifit of a sleazy defense attorney!)

[mhking]

It's the "stealth jacket!"

What'll those folks at Rovco think up next!

How long before we see Billy Mays screaming at us on a late-night infomercial, hawking the jacket as the next best thing to fashion?

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

[Fred Mertz]

-- and 19 hijackers did get through airport security on 9/11/2001.

They didn't break any security/check point rules. They had the element of surprise which will no longer work.

[varon]

According to the paper, Al-Qaida developers used a normal wind breaker, and stuffed explosives inside the two layers of the polyester clothing.

Those darn Klingons are sharing their technology again ;-)

[Jorge]

-- and 19 hijackers did get through airport security on 9/11/2001.

Because the box-cutters they carried were not prohibited items at the time...not because of any "stealth" jackets.

[tsomer]

According to the paper, Al-Qaida developers used a normal wind breaker, and stuffed explosives inside...

Somebody oughta stuff explosives into the wind breakers who developed this...

[dinodino]

Um, they don't think the jacket renders them invisible to security; rather, the jacket contains an explosive device which they believe will pass through airline security without being detected.