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  • Procedure for airport security to detect implanted explosives

    I’m getting pretty annoyed by the hype and fear-mongering about how terrorists are going to blow planes up using explosives implanted in breasts or other body parts.  Lets stop freaking out and think about this rationally for a minute.

    A detonator is required to set off explosives.  Liquid 2-part explosives are not powerful enough to be of much use when contained under the skin in separated packs.  They would need to be mixed in a hard pressure vessel to achieve explosive force. A 2-part mix could defnitely cause a fire, but probably wouldn’t bring a plane down.

    Detonators must have wires and batteries, which contain metal.  Sensitive metal detectors should pick up even a compact electronic detonator beneath the skin. If metal is detected, then the person should be checked for fresh incisions near that area.  Breast implants can be inserted thru a tube thru the belly button or an incision around the breast.  If metal is detected and there is a recent incision, the person should be subjected to a transmissive x-ray which would show a detonator.

    This should be an easy procedure to check for implanted explosives and won’t require any special equipment or breast-fondling by TSA employees.  Ladies won’t be able to wear underwire bras on the plane, but ask yourself what’s it worth to you to avoid being blown out of the sky?

    The threat of implanted explosives is real.  A boob-full of RDX could definitely take a plane down. But by following simple, methodical procedures we can prevent it.

  • Irish government furious after Slovakian agents plant explosives on passenger

    Man arrested after ‘bizarre’ discovery in Dublin apartment

    By Gary Fennellyz
    Telegraph
    Tuesday, 5 January 2010

    The Irish government has demanded that Slovakia explain how an unsuspecting airline passenger was allowed to carry high-grade explosives on a flight to Dublin in an apparently botched security exercise.

    Slovakian agents randomly planted powerful RDX explosives in the 49-year-old electrician’s bag but took three days to warn Irish authorities they were undetected.

    Irish police traced the man to an apartment in Dorset St in Dublin city centre. He was arrested but has since been released from custody.

    Security sources said the explosive was one of eight items of planted by the Slovakian authorities in the luggage of unsuspecting passengers at Bratislava airport at the weekend as part of a test exercise. Seven items were reportedly detetected, but the eighth, RDX explosive, went through in the bag of the innocent electrician.

    The Slovakian government has apologised for the incident and a full investigation is underway.

    A statement from the Republic’s Department of Justice said that Slovakian authorities had tipped off airport police to the presence of the explosives.

    “Following contact earlier today from the Slovakian authorities with the Airport Police at Dublin Airport, members of the Garda Síochána have recovered a small quantity of explosive material from the luggage of a passenger who had flown into Dublin from that country on Saturday last,” the statement said.

    “It has since been established that this material was concealed without his knowledge or consent in the passenger’s luggage as part of an airport security exercise by the authorities in Slovakia.

    “The Slovakian Minister for the Interior has conveyed to Justice Minister Dermot Ahern his Government’s profound regret for this incident.”

    The Republic’s main opposition party, Fine Gael, has demanded an investigation into how the explosives had not been detected

    Fine Gael Senator, Paschal Donohoe, described the discovery as “bizarre and extremely worrying”. Senator Donohoe called for explanations from the government on the incident.

    “This is the latest in a string of explosives discoveries in central Dublin which is extremely worrying in itself. The explosives find today is a particularly bizarre case with the explosive substance apparently brought into this country as part of a foreign test exercise.

    “The government must now explain how it got into this country, what it was doing here and why the proper authorities were not alerted in advance, if this was an official test exercise. We also need to know what steps are being taken to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.

    “I would like to acknowledge and commend the work of the Gardaí in ensuring the safety of the residents and workers in the area.”

  • Possible missile narrowly misses Continental Airlines flight in Texas

    It’s Faux News so take it as a grain of salt…

    DUARTE GERALDINO
    MyFox Houston
    October 5, 2009

    HOUSTON – A missile may have just barely miss hitting a Continental Airlines flight on Friday.


    Liberty County sheriff deputies are meeting with the FBI and FAA to discuss this incident.

    Sheriff deputies say on Friday a missile may have been launched near Interstate 10 and mount Belview. A continental flight which had just taken off from Bush Intercontinental Airport may have been the target.

    “If it was done deliberately, how much more dangerous can you get?” said Chief Deputy Ken DeFoor with the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department. He went on to explain, “It was less than a hundred feet from the airplane itself, going underneath the cockpit of the airplane.”