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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."

LONDON - A British Muslim who led an angry crowd in chants of "Bomb, bomb, Denmark, bomb, bomb USA" during protests of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was found guilty Friday of incitement to murder. Umran Javed, 27, was one of the leaders of a Feb. 3 rally held outside the Danish Embassy in London, prosecutor David Perry said. Javed, who was also convicted of racial incitement, was caught after police videotaped him speaking into a loudspeaker at the protest, which drew about 200-300 people. Javed acknowledged the words, but told the jury he was disappointed with himself and had...

War on terror 'threatens' UK Muslims Some Muslims suffered abuse after 11 September A large majority of Muslims living in the UK consider the war on terror to be a war on Islam, according to a BBC survey. And more than half of those questioned for BBC Radio 4's Today programme believed Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist network should not have been blamed for the 11 September attacks. Muslims have replaced communists as the West's bogeymen Multi-culturalism expert Anshuman Mondal While 11% believe further attacks on America by al-Qaeda would be justified and 8% said such an attack...