As was reported here...
Posted on 12/26/2009 10:20:58 AM PST by kristinn
The suspect in the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 used a highly explosive substance called PETN, a law enforcement official told CBS News Saturday.
The explosives were carried in a soft plastic container - possibly a condom - though much of the packaging was destroyed in the fire, the official said.
The FBI is questioning the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who claimed to be acting on orders from al Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials said.
A high-ranking law enforcement official told CBS News that the suspect apparently used a syringe to inject a chemical into the powder, which was located near his groin. It is a technique not seen in previous attempted attacks and it's possible that this incident was a test of whether the materials could pass screening and how effective they might be at causing damage, the source said.
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If those people at DU honestly think the guy was only ‘celebrating’ Christmas - an ardent Moslem - with firecrackers inside a plane, then the Left is not just crazy but absolutely STUPID. I never use that word lightly.
This thread contains alot of interesting information about the explosive.
To have a syringe in his carry on luggage, all he’d need would be a doctors prescription...diabetes etc..
A talcum powder container would take care of the “white powder” stuff..
an after shave bottle could contain the liquid..
or an insulin bottle...
As was reported here...
Thanks for the post.
You gotta hand it to the dad for alerting U.S. authorities, trying to save American lives and, of course, the life of his son.
Let it be a lesson, don’t listen to the loony left, I can tell you, I’ve lived overseas a long time now and we have some seriously good friends round the world.
Way to go Dutch dude!
Same stuff the shoe bomber used or tried.....semtex, dupont, ensign bickford, royal ordnance, etc all use it as a primary. ANFO is a .60, Military Dynamite is .80, TNT is 1.0 and C-4 is 1.34 on the relative equivalency scale and PETN is 1.66 on same scale before you get into insensitive / sensitive exotics used in nukes etc ....
You can get this in a medical form, from cannibalizing uxo on a battle field or by stripping det cord.
Last but not least you can buy it, say you blew up 30 pounds of it , keep 10 pounds for yer buddies......common in military and construction to keep a little around for “emergencies”........
I read that somewhere........;o)
HA HA - sounds like the guy had a weenie roast on himself!
PETN is what the shoe bomber tried to use.
DHS gets a letter from a banker in Nigeria.../million dollar scam sarc
Well, I surmise that God intervened and this terrorist received his due reward.
He’s got those dead eyes that they all have.
LLS
Ping.
This is the thread you need to read about the explosives. (Definitely watch the video Dog posted.)
Screw it. I’m done flying. I don’t need the hassles.
another way of saying what you said...we’ll only be safe AGAIN when ADULTS are runnin’ the show AGAIN
Muslim put a condom filled with the explosive up his butt and removed it in the restroom and carried it back in a pillow back to his seat.
It was a binary bomb that either leaked or was not mixed properly. Instead of exploding, it flash burned.
So the perp has a crispy critter.
AMPUTATE!
You know, while reading your explanation (BTW, thank you!) it all comes down to rudimentary physics. It seems a MecE should know those things.
Yes, a test and they succeeded getting the explosive onboard. If this idiot had gone into the bathroom instead of trying to explode himself in a seat, we could have had lost the plane, all onboard and who knows how many on the ground.
Let’s see, is it easier to search everywhere that a condom might be hidden, or to keep certain foreigners off of our airplanes when they appear on a watchlist for Muslim terrorism?
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