"Al - Qaeda developed genius liquid explosives: garment dipped in material becomes bomb"
ABC: U.S. fear Al - Qaeda would use a novel 'liquid bomb' that can not be detected with existing security measures • "The new method allows the terrorist to soak clothes in liquid, that after drying becomes explosive" • message of attack from leader of al - Qaeda led to closure of 19 U.S. embassies
- Nachman Gur, Behadrey Haredim
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There is concern in the U.S. that terrorists in Yemen, affiliated to al – Qaeda, would use a novel and sophisticated 'liquid bomb', which can not be traced through security. This was reported on ABC tonight. According to the report, the new method allows the terrorist to soak his clothes in fluid, that after drying becomes explosive material.
"This is most sophisticated," said a U.S. official who was involved in the decision to close the U.S. embassies in the Middle East and North Africa.
Another senior official noted that one can not detect such a 'bomb' by security measures available today. "I'm not going to discuss any kind of information regarding this threat," a factor in U.S. Safety Administration told ABC in relation to the new security threat. However, he explained that the administration is "using the best imaging technologies, in order to make a reflection of the passengers, including items which were hidden."
Yesterday the U.S. State Department announced that 19 embassies and consulates in the Middle East and North Africa, some of which were closed on Sunday, will remain closed at least until Saturday, August 10.
On Friday, the State Department announced the closure of diplomatic missions in the wake of the alert received. U.S. Embassy in Tel - Aviv which was closed on Sunday, worked yesterday as usual.
According to the New York Times, the U.S. government's decision to close embassies and publish a travel warning to American citizens due to pre-electronic communication interception by al - Qaeda in Pakistan, which ordered the head of organization in Yemen, to execute an attack as soon as possible. According to the sources, the order was to attack last Sunday.
Sources related that the call which was intercepted last week between Ayman al - Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as head of the world al - Qaeda and Nasser al Vahishi, the head of organization in Yemen, has unveiled one of the plans of the most dangerous anti-American and other Western factors since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
At the same time, U.S. sources told Reuters that the call was intercepted is only one component of a large intelligence that led to the decision to close the U.S. embassy.
"This is most sophisticated," said a U.S. official who was involved in the decision to close the U.S. embassies in the Middle East and North Africa.
Another senior official noted that one can not detect such a 'bomb' by security measures available today. "I'm not going to discuss any kind of information regarding this threat," a factor in U.S. Safety Administration told ABC in relation to the new security threat. However, he explained that the administration is "using the best imaging technologies, in order to make a reflection of the passengers, including items which were hidden."
Yesterday the U.S. State Department announced that 19 embassies and consulates in the Middle East and North Africa, some of which were closed on Sunday, will remain closed at least until Saturday, August 10.
On Friday, the State Department announced the closure of diplomatic missions in the wake of the alert received. U.S. Embassy in Tel - Aviv which was closed on Sunday, worked yesterday as usual.
According to the New York Times, the U.S. government's decision to close embassies and publish a travel warning to American citizens due to pre-electronic communication interception by al - Qaeda in Pakistan, which ordered the head of organization in Yemen, to execute an attack as soon as possible. According to the sources, the order was to attack last Sunday.
Sources related that the call which was intercepted last week between Ayman al - Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as head of the world al - Qaeda and Nasser al Vahishi, the head of organization in Yemen, has unveiled one of the plans of the most dangerous anti-American and other Western factors since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
At the same time, U.S. sources told Reuters that the call was intercepted is only one component of a large intelligence that led to the decision to close the U.S. embassy.
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