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> A preliminary FBI analysis has found that the device allegedly found attached to Mr Abdulmutallab contained the high explosive PETN, also known as pentaerythr
by andrewcooke 17y ago
> A preliminary FBI analysis has found that the device allegedly found attached to Mr Abdulmutallab contained the high explosive PETN, also known as pentaerythritol.
> PETN was used in the device worn by British "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, who is serving a prison sentence for attempting to blow up a Paris-Miami airliner in Christmas week of 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8431470.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8431470.stm via infowarrior
- m_eiman 17y agoAh, I see. That's apparently something that should have been detected by sniffers. Also of interest while on the subject of airborne terrorists: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toilet_terror_labs/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toilet_terror...