Posted on 12/25/2009 11:59:19 AM PST by Cyberrat
Extra screening is automatic for anyone presenting an Iranian passport to board a flight in the USA. The same goes for several other countries.
Thanks for the ping, cyn.
With any luck, a higher power dictated that this POS has 3rd degree burns to hihs various private parts.
Amputation highly recommended.
The powder was strapped to his leg. He had a liquid catalyst
which was injected by syringe into the powder pack. Somehow there must have been a leak because the explosive material flash burned instead of exploding within the confines of its container.
For a review of binary explosive mixtures see:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/explosives-liquid.htm
In part:
Where explosives are used in volume, such as mines and quarries, the cost of transporting a truckload of explosives is not much more than a truckload of any other material. However, where small amounts of explosives are required, the transportation costs can far exceed the cost of the product. For example, it costs just as much to transport one stick of dynamite by commercial truck as it does two thousand pounds of dynamite. In order to accommodate the user who needs smaller quantities to do a job, “binary” or “two-part” explosives are available. One popular brand is called Kinepak. As embodied in the commercially available product Kinepak, two individual, nonexplosive components are combined by the user to form a cap sensitive explosive. The first component, referred to as “the liquid” is predominantly nitromethane (NM). The other component, referred to as “the solid” is primarily finely divided ammonium nitrate (AN). The commercial product Kinepak is packaged in several different sizes and shapes of plastic bottles as well as foil pouches (bags) which are intended for various applications. In each case, the solid component container is supplied with an appropriate amount of premeasured liquid in another individual container.
The liquid component of the Kinepak is classified as a “Flammable Liquid” for transportation purposes. The solid component is classified as an “Oxidizer”. Although both are considered hazardous materials, neither is defined as an explosive for transportation (U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT regulations) or storage (U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, ATF regulations).
In order to use Kinepak, the liquid component is simply poured into the solid component. Within about five to fifteen minutes, the liquid (which is usually colored red) will soak down to the bottom of the container, as evidenced by the pink color. At this point, it has the consistency of moist powder and is a cap sensitive, high explosive. It can be used in most situations where it would be suitable to use cartridged explosives such as dynamite, water gels and small diameter emulsions.
Kinepak is used as an example here because it is, at the time of this writing, one of the only two commercially available two-component explosives. The only other known commercial product is marketed under the name Binex. Binex uses a two component system of an aqueous solution of sodium perchlorate and aluminum powder. When these two components are combined, a liquid explosive is formed that is cap sensitive. It is believed that this composition would not be a viable product as a replacement for cartridged explosives because of the high cost and the environmental concerns with the sodium perchlorate solution. However, there is a current military application where this product is used to blast fox holes in conjunction with an entrenchment kit for soldiers. It is known that this explosive has detonation velocity that is much lower than Kinepak and other commercial cartridged explosives. In the case of the military application, this is an advantage as lower velocity explosives are generally better for cratering in soil.
I would say things will tighten up considerably now at Schipol. Hopefully same at other places. I fly back home on R&R in a few days, and if they want to call in a proctologist to check me and my fellow pax out, that’s not a problem.
Schipol has great security. I’ve gone through there maybe 12 times. 2 full security checks. I had my bags taken off the plane once because after a 12 minute grilling they weren’t satisfied that my overdrive box ( a guitar stomp box )was a harmless electronic device. After a full search and more grilling they let me go to the head of the line and offered apologies.The 1 guy told me they do that a lot and after all “ I get to stay on the ground , YOU are the guy who will be in the air in a few minutes”. Good point I though. These security people are also experts in body language and eye movement. If you were planning something stupid to do on the fligt you’d be shittin bricks with the interrogation they give you.
shove a pencil in his eye a few times and he’d think 3 times about pulling a bone headed stunt again.
I always carry a CD or DVD on board when I fly.
Crack one in half someday . Nice 6 inch blade there.The pointy outer edge could no doubt rip someones face open REAL deep and wide.
DOH.
OThuga actually admitted something was an act of terror?
Was it his once a year brief bout of sanity that brought about such an admission of the obvious, or what?
INDEED, hopefully such that . . .
he will no longer be interested in . . . uhhh . . .
trying to manage any kind of vigorous activity with his mangled . . . uhhh . . . manhood.
Mush spread very thin . . .
An eye-opener? That's not possible. The problem is that our political class is dominated by Globalists for whom multiculturalism is a core tenet. In ultra-short form, Islam is not compatible with a free society; a simple truth that stands in stark contradiction to the tenet of multiculturalism, the idea that all cultures, including Islamic based cultures, are equally good.
To acknowledge this most simple truth, our political class would, in effect, be admitting that its world view is profoundly flawed. It cannot go their; their eyes cannot be opened. We are dealing with a kind of religion, it's called Globalism.
CIA World Factbook
No kidding.
How many Nigerian Christians (primarily Ibo tribe as I recall) have tried to blow up airliners?
Nigeria has been wracked with muzzie radicals killing everyone that is not their brand of religion. Sunni, Sufi and other variations.
I got to help one summer in my youth, creating a new Igbo translation of the New Testament.
Nigeria was a prosperous country, but has crumbled under the corrupt leadership that took over with “democracy”.
A fool's errand, if there ever was one.
The point is that not all Nigerians are involved in Islamic terror. This guy did not become a terrorist because he was Nigerian, he became a terrorist because he was a Muslim.
Oh, yes. Sorry I meant short of strip searching or doing a full pat down, there is no technology in place at airports that will detect an explosive on a person.
And my point is that the moment I saw he was a Nigerian involved in a terrorist attack on an airliner en route to the USA I knew he was a Muslim.
He became a terrorist because he is a thug. He is using Islam as an excuse.
The fact that our CIC is playing golf in Hawaii, or Kenya, or wherever he is, rather than taking a stand against these Islamic terrorist thugs is the real problem.
If this terrorist trained in Yemen, then we should tell Yemen to clean up their act or suffer the consequences. The same thing should apply to any other country which fails to make every effort to control these murderers.
We need a President who will stand up for America, and make it very clear to every nation that if they fail to clean their own houses, we will clean them for them, with unstoppable, overwhelming force.
Until then, we will continue to be plagued by these thugs, Muslim or otherwise, and the senseless killing will continue.
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