[Southack]

"NORMAN, Okla. -- Sources confirmed Tuesday night that at least one of the components in the bomb used by Joel Henry Hinrichs III Saturday night was a product called TATP."

What they actually used it as it is supposed to be used...as a primer??

The London subway bombs were just pure primer TATP, yes?

[tortoise]

The London subway bombs were just pure primer TATP, yes?

Yup. Makes it easy for amateur hour though, since you can treat it like black powder with a slightly bigger bang. Real high explosives take a bit more skill to deploy, particularly if you are rolling your own suicide bomb rig from scratch.