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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:20:39 AM EDT
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Just now on ABC radio, KT McFarland just said Al-Wahiri, AQ's evil "genius" bombmaker had developed "clothing bombs, where they're dipped in an explosive, and dried and totally undetectable". This as got to be wrong. Seriously? sounds like bullshit to me. Bing news Google news Totally possible. That said, it's not justification for giving up an ounce of freedom to counter. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:25:05 AM EDT
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Sounds like an episode of Get Smart.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:38:14 AM EDT
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All this new technology that has never been used at El Al.
Israel in the middle of it all and not a peep. Somehow we are the benefactors of the new and improved Al Qaeda and they are really smart now. Get Smart technology and all that................. Yet somhow among all the metric tons of coke and weed that cross our borders and not one ground to air missle. But we need clothing bombs..............just be scared, real scared........... |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:41:24 AM EDT
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Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:43:01 AM EDT
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The obvious consequence of this is we will all have to fly naked.
   
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Posted: 8/6/2013 3:53:01 AM EDT
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I doubt this would be lethal unless the guy is dress like this:
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:04:29 AM EDT
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Sounds like it would be wonderfully effective at blowing the first layer of flesh off alqueda operatives.
Seeing them in horrible pain but not dead and not done what they tried to do would be awesome Liveleak video. DO IT!
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:08:30 AM EDT
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Gun cotton?
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:11:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:13:15 AM EDT
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I can picture achmed standing there, naked and blackened like a cartoon character, after the bomb fizzles and burns his clothing off.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:14:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. P E T N Cotton? |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:14:38 AM EDT
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Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Define detectable. By your local cop? Probably not. TSA? Probably--if they use the right equipment and not just a pat. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:21:16 AM EDT
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Well once clothing is banned we will get to enjoy the sights of hotties...
among the hordes of fatties 
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:22:08 AM EDT
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Sounds like an episode of Get Smart. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile "Would you believe?" 
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:24:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Define detectable. By your local cop? Probably not. TSA? Probably--if they use the right equipment and not just a pat. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Define detectable. By your local cop? Probably not. TSA? Probably--if they use the right equipment and not just a pat. I have no idea, but they mentioned airports not being g able to detect it. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:25:52 AM EDT
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All this new technology that has never been used at El Al. Israel in the middle of it all and not a peep. Somehow we are the benefactors of the new and improved Al Qaeda and they are really smart now. Get Smart technology and all that................. Yet somhow among all the metric tons of coke and weed that cross our borders and not one ground to air missle. But we need clothing bombs..............just be scared, real scared........... Funny thing about that too...anyone who's ever been through the El Al screening process knows that "profiling" is VERY effective. I'd even wager more effective than the current screening methodology (theater.) If we really wanted to be safe we should do this, not subject ourselves to thugs, thieves, and morons (TSA) who at best are only a partially effective deterrent. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 4:26:17 AM EDT
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Define detectable. By your local cop? Probably not. TSA? Probably--if they use the right equipment and not just a pat. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Define detectable. By your local cop? Probably not. TSA? Probably--if they use the right equipment and not just a pat. You know....on an evolutionary scale you got those reversed. TSA is to police as Cro magnon is to Alan Sheppard. Given the "right equipment" a chimpanzee could do any job better than TSA.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 5:28:11 AM EDT
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Pigs have more sensitive noses than even the TSA's best equipment, right
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Posted: 8/6/2013 6:26:52 AM EDT
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Undetectabe?
I find that hard to believe. What type of explosive is this that does not weigh much, soaks into material and is not detected as explosive material. Must be magic. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 6:40:51 AM EDT
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I wonder about detonation.
Does it need a blasting cap, a flame or a good smack? Either way, I bet the explosive residue sniffer/puffer thing could catch it. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 6:42:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can picture achmed standing there, naked and blackened like a cartoon character, after the bomb fizzles and burns his clothing off.  This made me laugh so hard this morning. Thank you.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 6:51:02 AM EDT
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Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Fox reported this morning that it is not currently detectable. News programs of all flavors are not well regarded for getting technical details right. I've never heard of an undetectable explosive. Now, it's possible AQ has better and brighter chemists working on things than, say, the entire US but I doubt it. But then, detectable and reasonably detectable in normal situations are separate. Most passengers don't get the full residue screening AFAIK, and good luck on the street. But if you swab the guy wearing the explosive shirt, you're going to get a huge hit on the machine. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 6:55:16 AM EDT
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WooHoo!
Naked flying ... Naked public transportation ... Naked people at the .gov offices ... Nekked people everywhere! Meh, probably just make us all disrobe and pass out the orange jumpsuits. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:46:31 AM EDT
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When they can have a bomb hidden up their ass, or swallow explosives like a drug mule swallows condom filled drugs.
All of these could be remotely activated by a cell phone and none can be detected by the current security devices. It's about time we start to profile.  |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:50:00 AM EDT
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Oh FFS. They'll just start putting them in cement trucks and breast implants.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:51:01 AM EDT
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Just think of how many middle eastern engineers the US is turning out and sending back home.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:51:50 AM EDT
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Sounds like we're all going to be flying nekid from now on.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:53:29 AM EDT
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Sounds like an episode of Get Smart Homeland. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile FIFY |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:54:33 AM EDT
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This reminds me of the exploding pants they made on Mythbusters.
Great, now we all have to fly naked. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 7:55:22 AM EDT
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Beat me to it by one second!
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:23:59 AM EDT
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If it's anything like the old way of making explosive paper, it's P.E.T.N. based and needs a blasting cap or detonator to initiate. It also wouldn't likely be worn, but would need to be folded or rolled. It would be detectable by a sniffer or dogs but would not be visually detectable.
What I describe above has been used to make explosive newspapers and cardboard that looks like any other but contains a microcrystalline high explosive. I'm just speculating. I have no inside information, but I bet it's nothing new other than how they might use it. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:26:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:34:53 AM EDT
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Its been done with drugs before so I'm kinda surprised it took this long for explosives!
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:38:27 AM EDT
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Probably much more detectable because it's literally soaked with explosive residue that sniffers can pick up, and also probably less effective because it's unconfined and spread out, but less likely to be found by a frisk. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This. I don't believe these clothes would "explode" at all. They would likely just burn the wearer. This has been used for drug smuggling though, and I would imagine it could be used to smuggle explosive materials. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:39:11 AM EDT
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Isn't all checked baggage checked for explosives?
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:40:14 AM EDT
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Be afraid america be very afraid.
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:43:37 AM EDT
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I'm guessing the first time a pickpocket bumps into them somewhere, BOOM...
Sounds like a win-win to me. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:44:11 AM EDT
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That is while you profile passenger behavior, a guy buying a one way ticket with no luggage SHOULD raise a red flag.
TSA is too busy groping passengers to do real screening. Look at how the Israelis do it with rings of defense, here, if a suicide bomber got caught he would just hake out the terminal instead of the plane. |
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Posted: 8/6/2013 10:51:20 AM EDT
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I have said before that eventually the only way you will get on a plane is naked, in handcuffs.
It would be basic chemistry to nitrate a cotton Tee shirt. Then you have guncotton. And it would be child's play to detect it as well . |
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Posted: 8/7/2013 5:55:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds like an episode of Get Smart. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile WHAT?  |
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