Somewhere there’s a Hellfire missile with Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri’s name on it.
Via Daily Mail:
From the same twisted mind that brought the underwear bomb into public consciousness comes a possible plot to rig other items — including pets — with explosives.
On the heels of revelations that al-Qaeda was preparing to strike on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death come new reports about more bold plans from the notorious terror group.
ABC News reported that Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, al-Qaeda’s chief bombmaker who is believed to be behind both underwear bomb plots, was working on new explosives that they hoped would pass an airport security screening.
U.S. authorities told the network that al-Asiri’s latest projects involve bombs surgically placed inside terrorists and devices similarly implanted in pets that could be carried on planes.
Al-Asiri was also hoping to rig computer supplies like external hard drives and cameras with bomb components.
Seth Jones, former senior adviser to the U.S. Special Operations Command and author of Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa’ida since 9/11, told ABC: ‘[Al-Asiri] is very innovative in trying to find some way to get a bomb onto an airplane that will evade detection from airport screeners.’
Al-Asiri is also believed to have been behind the bombs hidden in printer cartridges aboard two cargo flights bound for the U.S. in 2010.