Federal Bomb Intelligence: U.S. Government Guide To Terrorist Explosives [Illustrated] 0873646134, 9780873646130

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INTELLIGENCE

FEDERAL

BOMB

INTELLIGENCE

FEDERAL

BOMB

INTELLIGENCE

PALADIN PRESS BOUIDER, COLORADO

F ederal B otnb I ntelli gence

U.S.

: Govqnttstt Guide nTerrorist Erybsives

Copyright @ 1991 by Paladin Press

rsBN 0-87364-6134 Printed in the United States of America

Publishd by Paladin Press, a division of Paladin Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 13(I/, Boulder, Colorado 80306, USA.

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CONTENTS

AUTOMOBtrJ BOMBINGS IN MOMREAL ...............

.......... 8

BOOBY.TRAPPED FLIGIIT BAG

COLLAPSING CIRCUITRELAY AND PRESSI]RE-RELEASE

SWTrcHES..................

CROATIAN SEPARATISTS BOOK 8OM8S...................

............... 14 19

BOIVIBS....... DrsAssEMBLy OF AUTOMOBILE BOMBS DYNAMTTE BOMBTNGS IN QUNCX ILLINOIS....

.....................22

DETONA1ING CORD LETTER

..................... 28 ......... 33

ELECIRONIC DELAY CIRCIIIT .......

(ADDENDUM) H(PLOSM BEUI BOMBING D8ATIIS...................

.............40

ELECIRONIC DELAYCIRCIIIT

.........45 48

FOREIGN BODY BOI\4S.......

GERMAN BOMBINGS ........................ 57

HIGH-HGLOSIVE PACKAGE BOMB......... HOAX DEVICE

WIfiI

M{JUTIH.E, CIRCIIITS ,....................... 65

IMPR.OVISED BLASTING CAPS ..............

IMPROVISED HPLOSIVE DEVICES IMPR.OVTSED HGLOSIVEDEVICEUSED IN CASINOEXTORIION

ATTEMPT

IMPROVISED GAS OR H(PLOSTVB DEVICE.............. IMPROVISED INSPECTION LAMPS

.....................73 75

,.........,77

INCENDIARY DEVICES....

IRANIAN

CONSI]LATEBOMBING

..............87

LBTTER BOMB E)NORIION PLOT...... .............................. 98

H,TTER BOMBS

EMBASSY.. FUUNG IN IMPROVISED H(PLOSTVE DEVICES....

PACKAGE BOMB RECETVED BY U.S. a

PHOTOELECTRIC

...... 106 ............. IO9

powDER AND LOW-E)(PLOSTVE BOMBS IN CAl.tS OR

TUBES.

........................ 11?

SAN ruAN AUTOMOBILE BOMBING.. S

HORT.DIJRATION TIMER...

DEVICE NLT-OPERATED DISGIIISED DEVICE.. TOOLS FOR THE BOMB TECHNICIAN SOLID-STAIE TIMING

................. 128

....1Y ..... 138

u.s. BOMBTNGS .....................

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ARAB TERRORIST BOMBS AND WEAPONS BOMB DEVICES AND WEAPONS USED BY ARAB TERRORIST GROUPS.

SOURCE: Foreign.

Information has reeently been obtained about the bomb deviees and weapons utitized by Arab terrorist groups in condueting terrorist aetivities outside the State of Israel. This Special Teehnician Bulletin (STB) will inelude deseriptions and photographs of these various deviees.

fie first item is a rrtaser type" weapon. By pushing one of the two buttons on top of the deviee it operates as a flashlight. By operating the other button' two eleetrieal darts are fired, releasing a high voltage eharge into the target.

FIGU RE

I: TASER

A purse is used, as we all know, by most women 8s a personal aceessory. However, of the Arab it can also be used by terrorists to hide explosives. In faet' sorne left in an usually A woman's traps. plrrses booby as groups use Purse terrorist is offiee or-airport lounge, and when it ii opened a spring deviee is released (the button marke-d A in the photograph) activating the explosives.

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FIGURE 2: PURSE

FIGURE 3: LOCK ON PURSE

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In e.ll aetuality a bomb ean be hidden in almost any type of container, bag or paekage, depending upon its size and weight. The photo below depiets a bomb eontained in a ?'Diet Pepsi" can. It is activated by simply pulling the tab opener on top of the ean. a

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FIGURE s: BOl,lB CONTAINER OPENED

As just illustrated, the plaeement of an explosive charge is only limited by the imagination. The suitcase below exemplifies this faet. The explosive device is loeated in the handle of the suitcase. Any pressure exerted upon this handle will activate the charge.

FIGU RE 6

FIGURE 7: SUITCASE HAXDLE INITIATOR

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