Topic: Explosive Gel Was to Be Concealed in Sports Drink

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August 10th, 2006   Post 1
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Post; Explosive Gel Was to Be Concealed in Sports Drink


http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...ive_gel_t.html

August 10, 2006 1:56 PM
Richard Esposito Reports:
The suspected terror plotters arrested in Britain had planned to conceal their liquid or gel explosives inside a modified sports beverage drink container and trigger the device with the flash from a disposable camera.
ABC News has learned exclusively that the plotters planned to leave the top of the bottle sealed and filled with the original beverage but add a false bottom, filled with a liquid or gel explosive. The terrorists planned to dye the explosive mixture red to match the sports drink sealed in the top half of the container.
This, they thought, would ensure that they would be able to pass through security -- even if they were asked to unseal and drink the beverage.
The flash in a disposable camera has enough electrical power, they apparently believed, to set off the homemade explosive.
There are any number of homemade or modified commercial liquids that would have made effective explosives, with enough energy to damage or destroy a plane.
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August 10th, 2006   Post 2
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Damn...Well, they do do their homework...
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August 10th, 2006   Post 3
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Of course they do. But so do we.....
 
August 10th, 2006   Post 4
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And the Brits. Which is why they arent mourning today.
 
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I would tend to believe that this was a Joint Operation. Pakistan, UK, EU, US