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Skriven 2010-05-14 13:16:14 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
   Kommentar till text 7804 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Thank heaven...
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Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Thursday May 13 2010 at 19:42:

RB>> Only problem is that - in contrast to what you claim above - the
RB>> ingreadients to make plastic explosives are not things you can buy
RB>> from the local drugstore.

RW> Depends on your plastic. When still living in California, the kids in
RW> the neighborhood knew how to make plastic explosives and did so.

I don't believe the "and did so". Claim what you like.

RB>> You can buy the plasticizer without much difficulty, but just try
RB>> getting your hands on the explosive without a permit or stealing it.

RW> What explosive? RDX, Semtex? One is as available as the detonator used
RW> by McVeigh in Oklahoma.

He _stole_ the detonators, Roy. Same as he _stole_ the dynamite. You don't buy
either in the local drugstore, regardlress of what you think.

RB>> And of course there's then the problem of a detonator.

RW> See above.

I do. Pure bullshit.

RB>> People like Richard Reid, Umar Faruk Abdulmutallab and Faisal
RB>> Shahzad? I only wish all terrorists were so stupid.

RW> Their circumstances may have entrapped them, but I don't think they
RW> were stupid.

Circumstances, my ass. You've been reading every third word again.

RW>>> The guy who blew up the FBI building in Oklahoma knew how to make a
RW>>> bomb from his military training. I'll wager that he was never in any
RW>>> danger of his bomb exploding while he was making it.

RB>> Of course not, since the bomb wasn't an explosive until the
RB>> components were mixed, and even then required a (stolen) detonator.

RW> If you're going to commit a terrorist act, what difference does it
RW> make where or how you get the ingredients?

You were previously claiming even kids could acquire plastic explosives. Nice
to see you back down and try to change the subject again.

RB>> Naturally it's possible to prepare an explosive, given the right
RB>> information and access to a few relatively common materials - and of
RB>> course to stolen detonators (firecrackers just won't work). And
RB>> naturally it's possible to set off an explosion correctly, given the
RB>> proper knowledge and intelligence.

RW> The above was trained by the military...

True. So what?

RB>> But, as I noted in the subject, "thank heaven" most terrorists are
RB>> neither knowledgeable nor particularly intelligent. If most of them
RB>> were like Timothy McVeigh, we'd have _real_ problems.

RW> Who's to say that the ones being caught with their pants down are the
RW> cream of the crop? What if the terrorists are just making these
RW> incursions to test the water before they jump in up to their
RW> shoulders...so far it's been us and not them. That may change...

Like I wrote, "If most of them were like Timothy McVeigh, we'd have _real_
problems." Luckily they aren't.

Cheers, Bob

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