http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bomb/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:42:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419453/posts Danish authorities say a Somali man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder for an attack on an artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage across the Muslim world. Jakob Scharf, head of Denmark's intelligence agency, said the 28-year-old Somali man with ties to al-Qaida broke into Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus on Friday night. The 75-year-old artist pressed an alarm and fled with his 5-year-old granddaughter to a special safe room. Police say they then shot the attacker in the hand and knee when he threatened them. The suspect was charged at a... breitbart.com/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419453/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418190/posts Evil has certainly been unleashed. It's a damn firestorm. It sitnks from the top down ......... the free world has been taken siege. And that muhammadan in the White House denands we respect this evil. Molotov Cocktail Found In Downtown Parking Garage CBS3 News hat tip MikeThe discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a parking garagelocated at Callowhill and N. 16th Streets.Philadelphia Police are investigating the discovery of a Molotov cocktail along with anti-Israeli books inside a Center City parking garage. The discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a garage located at Callowhill and... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418190/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:51:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417581/posts Pilots Out of Loop on Terrorist Attempt? Pilots Want To Know About Attacks: APA The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American Airlines pilots, says most airborne flight crews weren't notified of the Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines A330. The group is calling for changes after what it describes as "communications failures" left the majority of airborne flight crews in the dark about the attempted bombing. In a message to members, the APA's security committee said the Transportation Security Administration specifically told airlines to notify only the crews of airborne westbound trans-Atlantic flights of the attack on the... AVweb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417581/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:54:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416805/posts As I noted previously, Kurt Haskell - a passenger who was on board Northwest Airline flight 253 on Friday - claims that after the flight had landed, a bomb-sniffing dog was sent in to check the bags, and that something was detected in a passenger’s carry-on bag. Mr. Haskell retold the story to Fox News anchor, Gregg Jarret on Monday. The following is an excerpt from the interview: JARRETT: Fast forward... The plane lands safely, although, obviously, given the terror attack or the attempted terror attack, a great deal of commotion. And then you see someone else being arrested other... The Obama Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416805/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416728/posts A singed pair of underwear with a packet of powder sewn into the crotch, seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News, is all that remains of al Qaeda's attempt to down an American passenger plane over Detroit. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416728/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416699/posts ABC has the pictures of Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla's underwear: And you can see for yourself none of the present day security at our airports would of protected us against that, except the technology our Congress is attempting to ban: Privacy advocates, for example, have tried to stop or at least slow the introduction of advanced checkpoint screening devices that use so-called millimeter waves to create an image of a passenger’s body, so officers can see under clothing to determine if a weapon or explosive has been hidden. Security officers, in a private area, review the images, which are not stored.... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416699/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416439/posts Cell phone-related materials, including SIM cards, were recovered during searches of "flats or apartments of interest" connected to Flight 253 bomber suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Fox News learned Monday. SIM cards, which store cell phone numbers and incoming or outgoing calls, may be able to determine who was talking to whom in the months and days prior to Abdulmutallab's flight from Nigeria to Detroit. Catherine Herridge - FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416439/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416364/posts DETROIT (WXYZ) - A hearing that had been scheduled for today in the case of the suspected terrorist who investigators say tried to blow up a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit has been cancelled. No reason for the cancellation has been given. Prosecutors were expected to ask for a DNA sample from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was not going to be in court for the hearing. Abdulmutallab's court appointed attorneys say they will fight the request. wxyz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416364/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416252/posts A disturbingly confused Janet Napolitano, confidently proclaimed Saturday that the security system that failed to spot a terrorist on a terror watch list worked just fine. Yesterday she must have added a shot of truth serum to her coffee and admitted the obvious. The system failed. To put it more bluntly, she failed. Of course aviation security experts weren't buying her initial CYA line about the system working just fine. You see, when the only thing that prevents an airliner from blowing up is the fact that the detonator went bad, unless the government supplied the terrorist with the bad... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416252/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:05:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416128/posts Editor's note: This story was recounted by a couple who claim they were on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253. I can not confirm the veracity of this story. It may or may not be true:Kurt and Lori Haskell, who were allegedly on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and sat seven rows behind Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist who tried to ignite an incendiary device on the plane, claim that after the flight had landed, a bomb-sniffing dog was sent in to check the bags of all the passengers, and that something was detected in one of the passenger’s carry-on... The Obama Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416128/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415792/posts Gotta agree with Jonah here....fire Napolitano. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up an Amsterdam-Detroit airline flight Christmas Day demonstrated that "the system worked." Asked by CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who has been charged with trying to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive liquid onto the jet, Napolitano responded: "We're asking the same questions." Napolitano added that there was "no suggestion that [the suspect] was improperly screened." The system worked? You have to be joking.... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415792/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:34:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415349/posts Meet the man who saved Northwest 253: A Dutch airline passenger told The Post how he leapt into action when an alleged Muslim terrorist tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner packed with 300 people just moments before landing.Chaos erupted as alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23, tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device strapped to his body. "Suddenly, we hear a bang. It sounded like a firecracker went off," said Jasper Schuringa, a film director who was traveling to the US to visit friends. "When [it] went off, everybody panicked ... Then someone screamed, ‘Fire! Fire!’" Schuringa,... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415349/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415283/posts How al-Qaeda airline fiend used leg bomb and syringe The man who tried to blow up a US airliner as it prepared to land at Detroit on Christmas Day had an explosive powder strapped to his leg which he tried to ignite by injecting chemicals with a syringe, Fox News reports. The 23-year-old - named as al-Qaeda-linked Nigerian engineering student Abdul Mudallad (alters from earlier spelling of Mudallah) - failed in his bid to achieve a major blast, but succeeded in burning himself seriously and inflicting minor injuries on at least two other passengers seated nearby on Northwest Airlines Flight... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415283/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407017/posts Secret documents obtained and translated by the Times of London reveal that Iran has been working for two years on a plan to test a nuclear bomb component that triggers an explosion. American intelligence experts previously had denied Israeli reports on Iran’s nearing nuclear capability. They claimed that Tehran in 2003 had halted preparations to make nuclear weapons and would not resume work on the project before mid-2007. The United States earlier this year admitted its information was incorrect... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407017/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:23:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395095/posts An IDF bomb squad detonated a 15-kilogram explosive seized during a search conducted along the Egyptian border on Thursday. Late Wednesday night, IDF troops on a routine patrol of the border area spotted a suspicious figure carrying a bag containing what was later discovered to be a 15-kilogram bomb. The soldiers ordered him to stop and fired several shots in the air. However, the man fled the scene back into Egypt, dropping the bag in his haste. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395095/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394045/posts e21 has a very perceptive post about the Medicare payroll tax that Harry Reid has inserted into his bill to pay for his health care proposal. Link here: http://www.economics21.org/commentary/payroll-tax-increase-loophole-and-ticking-time-bomb The Democrats are double-counting the money raised from the tax. They're counting it to reduce the coming deficit in Medicare and they're also counting it to help pay for the present bill. Revenues from the HI tax are “deposited” in the Medicare Part A Trust Fund, which is running a $20.5 billion deficit (p. 56 of pdf) in 2009. The Trust Fund is expected to continue to hemorrhage money for the... Betsy's Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394045/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:12:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393719/posts Victims of Bomb Blast in Israel Recovering as Suspect Indicted Ami Ortiz, then 15, nearly six weeks after he opened Purim basket containing a bomb. (photo: Leah Ortiz) Messianic Jews hope for punishment from courts, mercy from God, for confessed killer. ISTANBUL, November 13 (CDN) — One morning during the week of March 10, 2008 in Ariel, Israel, David Ortiz opened his Bible randomly, read the words on the pages that opened before him and was filled with dread. “I opened the book to Jeremiah, and a verse jumped out, “Ortiz said, referring to Jeremiah 9:21: “Death has climbed in... Compass Direct http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393719/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391816/posts IAF aircraft bombed two Hamas weapons plants in northern and central Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, as well as an arms smuggling tunnel in the southern Strip. Masked Palestinian terrorists... According to the IDF Spokesperson's Office, the attack was in response to the Kassam rocket launched at Israel on Saturday morning. Palestinian sources said five people were wounded in the attack. On Saturday morning, a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza hit the Sha'ar Hanegev region, causing no casualties or damage. Israel reacted with little enthusiasm to reports on Saturday that Hamas had reached an agreement with other terrorist groups in Gaza... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391816/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389491/posts To put the X-Flex bombproof wallpaper to the test, we substituted a wrecking ball for an explosion. With no wallpaper, test walls crumbled on the first hit. With X-Flex on the backside, we literally could not bring the walls down. The material stretched to contain brick fragments trying to blast into the room and bounced right back. —Theodore Gray popsci.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389491/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389039/posts Just on the radio, bomb scare Trumbull High School, Connecticut WTIC Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389039/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383368/posts KABUL, Nov. 10, 2009 – Afghan National Police and international forces seized 250 tons of suspected bomb-making material and detained 15 people in a Nov. 8 raid in southeastern Afghanistan, military officials reported. Based on reliable information, the combined force searched a warehouse in Kandahar province, where they seized 1,000 100-pound bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and detained 15 people. They found an additional 4,000 100-pound bags of fertilizer at a nearby compound, and also seized 5,000 components used in improvised explosive devices. Ammonium nitrate fertilizer is a key ingredient in IEDs and is illegal in Afghanistan. “This was a... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383368/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:50:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381999/posts SNIPPET: "SANTIAGO – One person was injured and several windows were destroyed when a small bomb exploded at a bank branch in the Chilean capital, police said. The blast occurred at 2 p.m. at a branch of Banco de Credito e Inversiones inside a Marriott hotel in Santiago’s affluent Las Condes neighborhood." LATIN AMERICAN HERALD TRIBUNE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381999/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381963/posts The U.S. Air Force has successfully tested its new Paveway II Plus laser guided bomb. The existing Paveway II bomb has a range of 14 kilometers and will hit within less than half a meter of where the laser designator is reflecting off the target. Paveway is actually a guidance kit (costing about $20,000) that is fitted to a dumb bomb, turning it into a glide bomb that homes in on the reflected laser light. The Paveway II Plus is more accurate and reliable, but the exact figures are classified. Laser guided bombs have been in use since the 1960s.... The Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381963/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379389/posts Bomb explodes in downtown Tegucigalpa Municipal police arrived on the scene to investigate what happened 05.11.09 - Updated: 05.11.09 01:42 pm - Agustin Lagos: agustin.lagos @ elheraldo.hn Current Rating: Votes: 0 1 comments Print Send Tegucigalpa, Honduras . A homemade bomb exploded this morning in public restrooms in Central Park in the Honduran capital. The blast was felt several feet around, but no injuries were reported. "He was just explosive, was more than anything to affect people psychologically," said an unidentified official on Radio America. "If I had more explosives and had been people inside (the bathrooms), the consequences would... El Heraldo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379389/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:58:33 GMT