DOD official: Abdo could have made two bombs

cnn.com ^ | July 28, 2011

[Free ThinkerNY]

A Department of Defense official tells CNN's Barbara Starr that a search of the hotel room found Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo had enough to make two bombs. The ingredients included gunpowder, shotgun shells, a pressure cooker, 18 pounds of sugar used to enhance the explosion and Christmas lights to be used as a timer.

At the surplus store Abdo bought a uniform and asked to have Fort Hood patches sewn on.

[treetopsandroofs]

Tiny news articles. Big Media must be working hard to cover it up.

[El Sordo]

Sugar?

[jessduntno]

Well, she really sucked on American Idol...maybe she’ll come back?

[pyx]

WOW ! Yet another moslem about to unleash a murderous rampage on innocents and who is involved in child porn.

What a surprise ! ... not.

[twister881]

And the DoD had granted the S.O.B. conscientious objector status — what a joke. Of course found with kiddie porn, like all the Muzzie goat-****ers. What, no lap dances a the local strip club? Dad-blasted Amish!

[nascarnation]

She’s already signed for Cowell’s X-Factor in the fall.

[Aroostook25]

Another one of those Amish radicals! /sarc

from CNN

CNN) -- An AWOL Muslim American Army private arrested near Fort Hood, Texas, told investigators that he wanted to attack fellow soldiers outside Fort Hood, two law enforcement officials said Thursday.

[70th Division]

He was NOT granted conscientious objector sttus. That is why he went AWOL. He was supposed to ship out

[evets]

He planned to plant a bomb at a nearby restaurant popular with Ft. Hood personnel.
abc news

[mkboyce]

Billy Ayers POS ping alert!!!

[Boogieman]

“Sugar?”

It is combustible. Add the right oxidizer, and you have some low order explosives.

[DAC21]

Home grown terrorist?, converted to Islam? Looks basically Caucasian.

[El Sordo]

Probably confectioneers sugar then?

I seem to recall playing Mr. Wizard with flour back in my youth...

[evets]

Who is Naser Jason Abdo?

[Moltke]

...and Christmas lights to be used as a timer.

What, did WalMart run out of Ramadan bomb-timer lights?

[Boogieman]

“Probably confectioneers sugar then?”

No, you can use table sugar. Mix it with the right oxidizer (potassium nitrate usually), and you have a fuel-oxidizer mixture. People use this mixture to make homemade model rocket engines sometimes.

[El Sordo]

Interesting. I would guess though that the finer grind sugars would lend themselves to faster reaction rates. Or is it not enough of a difference to matter?

[little jeremiah]

***Fox News has obtained the names of the three suspects, but is currently withholding that information.***

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/28/exclusive-us-military-serviceman-arrested-in-second-alleged-attack-on-ft-hood/

Photo at link, he is not an Arab.

[Oztrich Boy]

Interesting. I would guess though that the finer grind sugars would lend themselves to faster reaction rates. Or is it not enough of a difference to matter?

It matters. Too fine, it compacts and it burns slowly rather than the ignition propagating along the surfaces. It's the reason gunpowder is granulated rather than a fine powder.