A new form of bomb-making allows for clothing to be dipped into a liquid which turns the clothing itself into a bomb “once dry,” reports Rhonda Schwartz and James Gordon Meek of ABC.
The tactic, along with “franken-bombs” — improvised explosive devices sewn into the body cavity — has become a concern among the government’s security specialists.
From ABC:
“It’s ingenious,” one of the officials said.
Another senior official said that the tactic would not be detected by current security measures.
The officials said the new technique is believed to have been developed by the Yemen-based al Qaeda affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), home to notorious alleged bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri. Al-Asiri is suspected of being the mastermind behind several devious explosive devices including the underwear bomb and surgically implanted body bombs.