BINARY EXPLOSIVES: FROM DISCUSSION TO IMPLEMENTATION

INTERNET HAGANAH.com ^ | December 26, 2009 | Aaron Weisburd

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "Discussion: I first observed discussion of binary explosives on the al-Firdaws forum in January of 2007. In light of recent events I will post here my archive:"

SNIPPET: "Implementation: On Christmas Day, 2009, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab boards a flight in Amsterdam, bound for Detroit, and on final descent he attempts to set off what was most likely a binary explosive. Thank goodness he either screwed up or had bad instructions, because the chemicals he was working with were evidently quite good."

[Cindy]

stepping back in time...

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005860.html

14 January 2007
“FUN WITH BINARY EXPLOSIVES
Binary explosives are bad, bad stuff.”

SNIPPET: “The jihadis have not yet learned how to make the stuff, but they have enough chemical engineers in their ranks that it should only be matter of time.”

[Lazamataz]

WHY are Muslims allowed to fly???!?

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

s88179113.onlinehome.us/2009-12-26/page1.html

www.alfirdaws.org/vb/printthread.php?t=24133&pp=40

s88179113.onlinehome.us/2009-12-26/page2.html

www.alfirdaws.org/vb/printthread.php?t=24133&pp=40

[UCANSEE2]

A rhetorical question to all:

Had he not have screwed up, would the FBI have determined that a fire caused by electrical wires running through the Center Wing Tank started the fire and caused the explosion?

[Cindy]

RECAP:

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-nsd-1383.html

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, December 26, 2009
Nigerian National Charged with Attempting to Destroy Northwest Airlines Aircraft

WASHINGTON - A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged in a federal criminal complaint today with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day, and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian national, boarded Northwest Flight 253 in Amsterdam, Netherlands on December 24, 2009 and had a device attached to his body. As the flight was approaching Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Abdulmutallab set off the device, which resulted in a fire and what appears to have been an explosion. Abdulmutallab was then subdued and restrained by the passengers and flight crew. The airplane landed shortly thereafter, and he was taken into custody by Customs and Border Patrol officers.

A preliminary FBI analysis found that the device contained PETN, also known as pentaerythritol, a high explosive. Further analysis is ongoing. In addition, FBI agents recovered what appear to be the remnants of the syringe from the vicinity of Abdulmutallab’s seat, believed to have been part of the device.

“This alleged attack on a U.S. airplane on Christmas Day shows that we must remain vigilant in the fight against terrorism at all times,” Attorney General Eric Holder said. “Had this alleged plot to destroy an airplane been successful, scores of innocent people would have been killed or injured. We will continue to investigate this matter vigorously, and we will use all measures available to our government to ensure that anyone responsible for this attempted attack is brought to justice.”

Abdulmutallab required medical treatment, and was transported to the University of Michigan Medical Center after the plane landed. He will make his initial court appearance later today.

Interviews of all of the passengers and crew of Flight 253 revealed that prior to the incident, Abdulmutallab went to the bathroom for approximately twenty minutes, according to the affidavit. Upon returning to his seat, Abdulmutallab stated that his stomach was upset, and he pulled a blanket over himself. Passengers then heard popping noises similar to firecrackers, smelled an odor, and some observed Abdulmutallab’s pants leg and the wall of the airplane on fire. Passengers and crew then subdued Abdulmutallab and used blankets and fire extinguishers to put out the flames. Passengers reported that Abdulmutallab was calm and lucid throughout. One flight attendant asked him what he had had in his pocket, and he replied “explosive device.”

These prosecutions are being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Customs and Border Protection, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The public is reminded that criminal complaints contain mere allegations and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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[jessduntno]

“WHY are Muslims allowed to fly???!?”

I’m surprised they have time, the way they are always in the streets demonstrating against acts of terror and trying to stop violence committed in their name...

[FreeperFlirt]

I bet the coward chicken out!

[Cindy]

RECAP:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/petn/index

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2415386/posts?page=87#87

Quote:

To: Lurker; Cindy

Same stuff the shoe bomber used or tried.....semtex, dupont, ensign bickford, royal ordnance, etc all use it as a primary. ANFO is a .60, Military Dynamite is .80, TNT is 1.0 and C-4 is 1.34 on the relative equivalency scale and PETN is 1.66 on same scale before you get into insensitive / sensitive exotics used in nukes etc ....

You can get this in a medical form, from cannibalizing uxo on a battle field or by stripping det cord.

Last but not least you can buy it, say you blew up 30 pounds of it , keep 10 pounds for yer buddies......common in military and construction to keep a little around for “emergencies”........

I read that somewhere........;o)

87 posted on December 26, 2009 11:33:02 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)

[UCANSEE2]

WHY are Muslims allowed to fly???!?

The real question is: Why is anyone who doesn't provide a PASSPORT even allowed to get on a plane going to the US????

[wolfcreek]

After this episode, the 72 virgins will be of little use.

[centurion316]

Jack Cashill alert.

No, they would not. PETN leaves a very distinctive chemical signature. Discovering that that was the cause of the explosion would not have been difficult.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"......The device intended to blow up the Northwest flight was made at the location in Yemen, according to Abdulmutallab, and consisted of a six-inch packet of powder and a syringe with a liquid. Both were sewn into the student's underwear so they would be near his testicles and unlikely to be detected, he told agents...."

Ouch!!!!!!!

[upchuck]

Maybe he should have practiced more. Or maybe a binary explosive to too advanced for the Muzzie to get his 7th Century brain around.

[COUNTrecount]

Because they invented magic carpets ?

[Paleo Conservative]

. Both were sewn into the student's underwear so they would be near his testicles and unlikely to be detected, he told agents...."

Maybe he still got a Darwin Award.

[COUNTrecount]

23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab being taken into custody on Flight 253.

[screaminsunshine]

Napolitano is too busy tracking people with anti-communists bumper stickers.

[COUNTrecount]

23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab being taken into custody on Flight 253.