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SNIPPET: "Discussion: I first observed discussion of binary explosives on the al-Firdaws forum in January of 2007. In light of recent events I will post here my archive:" SNIPPET: "Implementation: On Christmas Day, 2009, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab boards a flight in Amsterdam, bound for Detroit, and on final descent he attempts to set off what was most likely a binary explosive. Thank goodness he either screwed up or had bad instructions, because the chemicals he was working with were evidently quite good."

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot.

AL-QAEDA has named Saleh Al-Awfi, a disgraced former prison guard and ex-Madina car dealer, as Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin s successor to head the terrorist organization s Saudi Arabia cell, according to sources. Al-Awfi s reported appointment demonstrates the damage Al-Qaeda sustained when Al-Muqrin, responsible for the Friday beheading of American Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr., was killed by security forces several hours later in a firefight in Riyadh. Muqrin was killed with three other extremists identified by security forces as Faisal Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Dakheel, Fehaid Al-Mutairi and Ibrahim Al-Duraihem. Meanwhile, the search for Johnson s body continued late Sunday with...