While NY isn't as secure as Israel is, the cops here do have dogs and I'd bet that those dogs are well trained in bomb sniffing. Also, getting a large fertilizer bomb into a 'good' location is not as easy as one may think, especially here. On the other hand, the bombing material used in the London attacks were made with materials that were much easier to gather, much more powerful but also much more volatile. A chemical engineer is of great help when creating such explosives. As we saw from the second London attack, the bombs failed, most likely due to the age and volatility (degradation in this case) of the materials after just two weeks. This suggests that the person who helped create the initial explosives was not present for the second wave. Bottom line is that the days of simple, mass explosives are behind us.
And this is just the chemical side. If you want to destroy a building, you have to know how it was built, what its weak points are, etc. You need a civil engineer for this. It's the combination of these two types of people with the other circumstantial evidence which raises a red flag. Doesn't say that they are guilty, but that they deserve a second look. > Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> There are many explosions in Gaza. What from? Mistakes in mixing up the >> various chemicals to make bombs. Anyone can mix up a bomb. Only people >> with >> training can do it right. And it's usually something a lot more complex >> than >> fertilizer and fuel. > > It only has to be more complex if you are constrained by the delivery > mechanism to take more then basic precautions against detection or if the > delivery mechanism limits the quantity. Palestinian suicide bombers work > in an environment that is much more hostile to them then it is for a > terrorist in the US. For example, the Oklahoma bombing used about 1500 kg > of fertilizer. There is no way you can put that much in your backpack and > get on the subway. In fact, fertilizer based explosives are not very > suited for that environment at all because they smell too strongly. But > they are perfect to just load a few tonnes on a pleasure craft and run it > into the foundation of the Golden Gate bridge or the locks on the Great > Lakes. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166685 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
