"...An incendiary device ignited inside a package at a U.S. Postal Service processing center in Washington on Friday, a day after two similar parcels sent to Maryland officials ignited in mailrooms..."
Showing posts with label Parcel bombs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parcel bombs. Show all posts
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Another incendiary mail package ignites
Incendiary packages might be part of 'vendetta,' police say Read our latest posts! .
Friday, January 7, 2011
Postal inspectors invetigate MD parcel bombs
Postal inspectors Read our latest posts! .
"...postal inspectors are trying to track the origin of incendiary packages sent to Maryland Gov...."
Mail Rooms Closed After Mail Bomb Incident in Maryland
Maryland closes government mailrooms statewide Read our latest posts! .
"...two incendiary devices ignited in government offices in Annapolis and Hanover, from authorities likely mindful of past deadly letter bomb incidents as well as the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people and sickened 17...."
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Packages Explode in Mail Room of Government Buildings
Packages explode at Md. state government buildings Read our latest posts! .
"...spokesman for Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen says a mail room employee was hurt in the Annapolis incident. ..."
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Mail Bomb 17 minutes from going off
Al-Qaeda plane bomb 17 minutes from going off Read our latest posts! .
"...Brice Hortefeux, the French interior minister told French TV tday: "One of the packages was defused only 17 minutes before the moment that it was set to explode.” ..."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Parcel bomb plotters 'used dry run', say US officials
"...US intelligence officials tracked suspicious shipments in September that they now suspect were a dry run for last week's foiled parcel bomb plot, US media reports say...."
Saturday, October 30, 2010
PETN Parcel Bombs
"...Multiple terrorist attacks, aimed at the United States were stopped by authorities on three continents. Seizure of two explosive packages, destination Chicago area synagogues..."
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More Info: What is PETN? According to Wikipedia, PETN is Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, PENTA, TEN, corpent, penthrite (or — rarely and primarily in German — as nitropenta), is one of the most powerful high explosives known, with a relative effectiveness factor (R.E. factor) of 1.66. In addition to being used as a plastic explosive, it is also used as a vasodilator drug to treat certain heart conditions.
Parcel bombs have hallmarks of al Qaeda: Napolitano
"...The parcel bombs sent from Yemen destined for the United States have hallmarks of the militant group al Qaeda or its affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Saturday...."
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