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To: Libloather
Shrapnel in the "improvised explosive device" contained anticoagulant to prevent blood clotting, authorities said.

Aspirin grenade?

5 posted on 12/21/2011 5:44:39 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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D-Con


6 posted on 12/21/2011 5:50:29 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: sam_paine
Aspirin grenade?

Warfarin usually. Rat poison is the most available anticoagulant in the USA and other countries. A relatively minor injury may be fatal if bleeding can't be stopped.

Anticoagulants are commonly used in bomb attacks in Israel and other parts of the Mideast.

11 posted on 12/21/2011 6:03:58 AM PST by mulebones
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