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| British terrorism arrests after chance 'hydrogen peroxide' find |
| 2007-07-21 |
| British police say two men have been arrested under anti-terror laws after two large containers labelled hydrogen peroxide were found in a flat. The pair were arrested Wednesday night (local time) in Bristol, the main city in south-west England, said Avon and Somerset police. The July 22, 2005 failed London bombings involved a plot to explode home-made devices made of hydrogen peroxide and chapatti flour in rucksacks. The bungled attack came two weeks after the deadly July 7 suicide attacks in the city. Avon and Somerset police made no links with that case, nor with last month's failed car bombings in London and Glasgow. Police initially arrested a man of Afghan origin in central Bristol on suspicion of drugs-related offences. They then searched a flat in a district with a large Muslim population, and found two 25-litre containers labelled hydrogen peroxide. The substances found "led them to believe there may be a potential link to terrorist activity," police said in a statement. The substances were undergoing forensic examination, with the results expected soon. The suspect was arrested again under the Terrorist Act 2006 and further investigations led to the arrest of a second man, of Somali origin. "This investigation is in its very early stages and we hope to clarify the situation at the earliest possible opportunity," said Assistant Chief Constable Steve Mortimore of Avon and Somerset Police. "Our message to the public for some time now has been that while we don't want people to be unduly afraid, everyone should be aware of the potential risks and be vigilant." Police said one of the arrested men was in his late teens to early twenties, while the other was in his fifties. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #21 Maybe this isn't the best possible explosive and wouldn't have killed many people. Still, it's the thought that counts. They wanted to commit terrorism. That should be enough to execute them. |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-07-21 22:36 |
| #20 As kids, we used to make flour bombs using M-80s or cherry bombs, a small paper sack and a half-cup of flour. Made a huge boom, knocked a few limbs down from surrounding trees, but not very dangerous if you were 10 feet away or more. The flour has to be DISPERSED, or it simply burns. There are easier and less dangerous ways of making explosives than hydrogen peroxide and acetone. Glad the jihadis have such a lousy background in chemistry. LOTS of things can be made to go boom if you know how... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-07-21 14:18 |
| #19 All our beloved muslim neighbors say about this shit is: Islamophobia. Muslims never admit to doing anything wrong. They are like New York taxi drivers. |
| Posted by: Spike Angath7177 2007-07-21 13:30 |
| #18 The hydrogen peroxide found in Pharmacies and beauty supply stores is not the same as industrial grade stuff. darn tootin... it is only 3-7 % peroxide and the rest water. straight peroxide can be used as a rocket fuel, and was used by the germans in WWII for thier rocket planes (Komet). any organic (carbon bonds) material will react violently with the peroxide, but the peroxide needs to be industrial grade and it would still be difficult to make it work well... |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-07-21 13:04 |
| #17 We show no sign of ever being prepared to use our hydrogen bombs. Not enough people have died yet. At least that's what our politicians certainly seem to be |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-21 12:56 |
| #16 I'm envisioning hordes of bleached blond terrorists fanning out across England! Don't forget, Jayne Mansfield was called a "bombshell"!! 'nuff said |
| Posted by: Justrand 2007-07-21 09:54 |
| #15 The hydrogen peroxide found in Pharmacies and beauty supply stores is not the same as industrial grade stuff. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-07-21 09:46 |
| #14 It's been a couple decades since that would be appropriate in my case, NS. These days I just aim for not being a bad example to the young'uns ... LOL |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-21 08:48 |
| #13 You gals are always primping for your chance to grace the cover of the DS&TP. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-07-21 08:41 |
| #12 Bad spelling and typing. Need caffeine. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-21 08:37 |
| #11 Yeah, it's easy to get all sorts of places. I was just looking at my nails that need doing today and thinking about a supplies run to Sally's Beauty Supplie, where it's also available by the gallon, as is peroxide ..... ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-21 08:36 |
| #10 Acetone is available by the gallon at Home Depot. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-07-21 08:34 |
| #9 The flour dust isn't that great. But the hydrogen peroxide is used to make TATP aka "Mother of Satan" when combined with acetone (i.e. nail polish remover, available in many beauty supply stores). This is the unstable stuff we've seen Islamicist terror groups make and use often. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-21 08:10 |
| #8 Flour dust is explosive in a confined space. During the Berlin airlifts, the planes that flew the flour and coal flew back with all their doors open to air out the dust. Also see grainery explosions. All in all though, would have made for a lousy bomb, I think. There is a lot better stuff out there you can make over the counter. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-07-21 08:05 |
| #7 Surely you don't keep several barrels of the stuff lying about, doc? Along with several more barrels of chapati flour (why chapati, I wonder?) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-21 07:57 |
| #6 Zenster: They are prepared to use their hydrogen peroxide to kill and, by killing, have cowed some large percentage of our populations into submission. We show no sign of ever being prepared to use our hydrogen bombs. In fact, a large percentage or our populations consider using such weapons to be a sin but seem content to allow their daughters to be raped by Orcs. If it were down to me, hydrogen bombs would have been deployed by 2pm on September 11, 2001. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-07-21 07:55 |
| #5 Fools. Shoulda labeled 'em "Baby Milk". I hear that... |
| Posted by: Peter Arnett 2007-07-21 07:52 |
| #4 If it's a crime to have hydrogen peroxide, I'm in deep trouble. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-07-21 07:39 |
| #3 Not as crippling as the pathology of a nation that lets these Or the pathology of elected masters that try to ram an amnesty bill thru, despite the cries of "do not want!!!" from 3/4 of the electorate. On some of my darker days, I even think we deserve to spend 30 or 40 generations under the islamic yoke. At least the hajji's are honest about their will to power. And they would have the nerve to kill some of these bleating morons we're saddled with when they get obnoxious. Sigh. Still, I'm glad to see they have gotten at least one druggie/terr off the street. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2007-07-21 06:17 |
| #2 Some sort of nearly crippling cognitive pathology must be involved whereby individuals can somehow hope to attain victory by using weapons made with hydrogen peroxide against a nation armed with hydrogen bombs. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-21 01:47 |
| #1 Fools. Shoulda labeled 'em "Baby Milk". |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-07-21 01:46 |