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Al Qaeda 'developed liquid explosives which blow up when dry'
2013-08-08
Al Qaeda forces of Evil could try to bring down planes using an undetectable explosive soaked into their clothes, officials fear. The organization's bomb-makers are reportedly developing an 'ingenious' system whereby shirts and trousers drenched in the explosive could be ignited when dry.

It would be undetectable under current security measures and remove the need for forces of Evil to mix liquid explosives on board, security sources told the American TV network ABC News.

The latest threat to air passengers is one of the reasons behind the current global terror alert, according to two senior US government officials.
Possibly it's time to revive the idea of flying naked...
British bomb expert Sidney Alford confirmed that the new method was possible using easily available chemicals, but pulling it off would be tricky as the soaking process would dilute the explosive.

He said: 'The clothes act as a diluent and reduce the power of the explosives.'

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
 igniting treated clothes could be done simply with a match. Passengers are allowed to carry a single box of safety matches or a cigarette lighter on flights.
Why? Haven't all airlines forbidden smoking on airplanes, or is that an American thin?
The new explosive has reportedly been developed by the notorious bomb-maker Ibrahim al-Asiri of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who made the device used by convicted 'underwear bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day in 2009.
Al-Asiri, 31, is the one who recruited his own brother Abdullah al-Asiri as a suicide bomber in a failed 2009 attempt to assassinate Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of the Interior.
Other reports have suggested that Al-Asiri is developing bombs that could be sewn under the skin of terrorists.

Dozens of Al Qaeda operatives are said to have streamed into Sana'a in the past few days, forcing the country's military to use 'extraordinary and unprecedented' security measures to protect official buildings.

At the same time, at least four suspected forces of Evil have been killed in an American drone strike in the eastern Marib region of Yemen.

The drone fired a missile at a car carrying the four men, setting it on fire and killing all of them, the officials said.

Speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to talk to the media, the officials said they believe one of the dead is Saleh Jouti, a senior Al Qaeda member.

It's the fourth drone attack in the past week to hit a car believed to be carrying Al Qaeda members.

The BBC reports that Yemeni intelligence services discovered al-Qaeda members had arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa over the past few days ready to implement a large plot.

It is said that that plot would include kabooms and suicide kabooms aimed at Western ambassadors and embassies.

Yemen's interior ministry has sent armoured military vehicles to surround the presidential palace, and other important buildings. Western embassies in the capital of Sanaa are also being protected.
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