May 25 - KGO - San Francisco police say they believe gunpowder is what caused an early morning explosion in an apartment in the outer Mission. The blast damaged the building, including a dry cleaner that faced onto Mission Street. One man in the apartment was critically injured. A woman and another man were both treated. On Friday afternoon, agents hauled out rifles, computers and boxes of papers. The FBI, the ATF and San Francisco police are all investigating.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5338265
Small explosion reported in Edmond (Oklahoma)
May 25, 2007
EDMOND — Shortly before 5 p.m. today, a homeowner reported hearing a small explosion and smelling a chemical odor in the 2600 block of Windmill Road, northwest of Coltrane Road and 33rd Street, authorities said.
Firefighters responded and also reported a strong chemical smell in the area said Tim Wheeler, Edmond's fire prevention chief. Firefighters couldn't find the cause of the odor, but found several unidentified objects that may have caused the explosion, Wheeler said. It's unclear whether they were explosive devices. Firefighters have retreated from the area and Edmond's bomb squad was called, Wheeler said. No homes have been evacuated.
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http://newsok.com/article/3058725
Liquid bomb is new terror device
26 May, 2007
NEW DELHI: Terrorists striking in India have found yet another locally available explosive — picric acid — a shock-sensitive liquid explosive capable of creating a huge impact like the explosion at Hyderabad last week.
Security agencies came across the lethal acid for the first time when they recovered two IEDs from Trall in Jammu and Kashmir early this month. The laboratory report on the IEDs, which was shared with the Centre on Friday, revealed its use in the Valley by jehadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM).
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Liquid_bomb_is_new_terror_device/rssarticleshow/2075197.cms
Kurd Guerrillas Derail Freight Train in Turkey
25 May 2007, Friday
Suspected Kurdish guerrillas derailed Friday seven cars of a freight train in the latest attack in southeastern Turkey, Turkish media reported.
The guerrillas set off a remote controlled bomb on Friday, derailing seven cars of a freight train in the latest attack in the country's southeast, authorities said. No immediate casualties were reported. The attack occurred near the town Genc in southeastern Bingol province, the governor's office said.
On Thursday, the rebels killed six Turkish soldiers in a roadside bomb attack. A deadly suicide bombing occurred two days earlier that intensified debate in Turkey about whether to attack Kurdish rebels operating across the border in northern Iraq.
THANK YOU Oorang.
Re SF: I wonder what is on the computers.
Re Edmond, I wonder what the chemical smell smelled like — sweet, dirty socks, etc?
ARTICLE SNIPPET FROM OORANG IN POST NO. 1185
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1826963/posts?page=1185#1185
Liquid bomb is new terror device
26 May, 2007
NEW DELHI: Terrorists striking in India have found yet another locally available explosive — picric acid — a shock-sensitive liquid explosive capable of creating a huge impact like the explosion at Hyderabad last week.
Security agencies came across the lethal acid for the first time when they recovered two IEDs from Trall in Jammu and Kashmir early this month. The laboratory report on the IEDs, which was shared with the Centre on Friday, revealed its use in the Valley by jehadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM).
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Liquid_bomb_is_new_terror_device/rssarticleshow/2075197.cms
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Taking a look at picric acid in the news
http://news.google.com/news?um=1&tab=wn&hl=en&q=%22picric+acid%22
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/07/BAGK9PML193.DTL
“Munitions that caused scare were from Japanese WWII training kit”
Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, May 7, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(05-07) 13:54 PDT PIEDMONT — A dusty crate of munitions found under a Piedmont homeowner’s stairwell Sunday was a Japanese World War II training kit that contained four inert mines, a variety of fuses and a pineapple-style grenade that may have been dangerous, Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County sheriff’s office bomb squad said today.
Officers blew up the grenade at a range behind Santa Rita Jail. Nelson said the grenade was treated as hazardous because many such Japanese weapons from late in World War II contain crystallized picric acid, which can be volatile if the weapon is handled. “We tend to err on the side of blowing it up because just opening it can set it off,” Nelson said.”
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Now, let’s head over to THE U.S.A. and see what’s in the news:
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/04/27/news/doc46324f966d69c629412206.txt
Friday, April 27, 2007 8:31 PM US/Western
“Explosive detonated at waste transfer station”
By DAILY RECORD STAFF
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ELLENSBURG — A container of picric acid was detonated near the Kittitas County solid waste transfer station Thursday afternoon by U.S. Army ordinance experts as a precaution after emergency officials determined it was unsafe to be moved.
A resident of Kittitas County brought the round, 8-inch-tall metal container to the county’s Solid Waste Department office on Industrial Way about 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to John Sinclair, chief of Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue. Sinclair said it was his understanding that the person bringing it in found it while cleaning out an old barn and believed it was a hazardous industrial chemical that should be disposed of properly.
Sinclair said employees researched the chemical compound and learned it was explosive when dry and is considered a Class A explosive. They submerged the container in a barrel of water hoping to stabilize it overnight in a secure area and dispose of it the next day, he said.
In the morning, it was determined that there was no way to make sure the water reached inside of the container, and emergency services officials were contacted. Sinclair said fire personnel and Ellensburg police decided to contact the Army’s explosive ordnance division at the Yakima Training Center. The area of cordoned off.
Picric acid has historically been used to blow up tree stumps and other items according to Sgt. Brian McElroy of the Ellensburg Police Department, and is senstive to shock and friction when dry. It is not illegal, but anyone possessing it must have the proper license, he said.”
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