US warns of terrorist bombs implanted in humans - NPR

A new concern for air travellers in the heart of the holiday season summer: the Government warned airlines that terrorists are considering surgically hiding bombs within human beings humans escape to the safety of the airport. And, as a result, travellers may find themselves subject to review more when flying, especially at the United States abroad.

Bombs-in-the body is not a new idea, but recent intelligence indicates a fresh interest in using this method, machines for people in airports scanning are not able to detect explosives hidden inside human beings human. However, there is no current information that points to a specific conspiracy involving surgically implanted explosives, a security official U.S. said, on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues.

As the airport security has increased since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has thus creativity of terrorists in the development of methods to get around it. Aviation continues to be a particular target and Osama bin Laden's compound evidence has shown that the al-Qaeda Chief has retained its fascination to attack aircraft until his death in May.

Last year, it was reported that British officials discovered intelligence that al-Qaeda was seeking to surgically implant bombs within the people, a move some thought that it was caused by the use of full body imaging devices in major airports around the world.

"It is one thing, we have been concerned for some time," said j. Bennet Waters, consultant in security with the Chertoff group based in Washington, D.C. and a former official of the Transportation Security Administration of the Bush administration.

The Government of the United States has worked with Governments and foreign air carriers to find ways to discover explosives, including bombs potentially hidden within human beings human. Officials would not discuss specific security measures review to avoid cut terrorists who might seek ways to get around them.

Once a terrorist finds a kamikaze willing and secures the explosives, carrying off the coast of this tactic is not that difficult, said Chris Ronay, former head of the FBI explosives unit.

"It is rather easy and any damage that might be rather severe", said Ronay.

However, Leo West, a former FBI bomb expert, said concealing the bomb inside the body would significantly increase the difficulties in getting the device to work properly.

"Then as possible, it is much less likely to work les other scenarios," he said. "There are more practical ways to do so."

Explosive implant surgery could be a few days before an attack, said James Crippin, an expert in explosives in Colorado. To make this work, it must be a detonation device and it is conceivable that if the explosive was implanted in the breast of the woman, the detonator would be under the chest so that all the cooperative would have to do, it is down, press said Pépin.

The offshoot of al-Qaeda to the Yemen has emerged as the most inventive terror organization these days and was behind two parcels that almost brought down the aircraft on the United States. The group, known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was behind the Christmas day attack in 2009, when a Nigerian hides a bomb in his underwear and virtually shot down an airliner over Detroit.

Cooperative AQAP also concealed bombs in printer cartridges last October, shipment to addresses of Chicago. The attack was postponed because of specific information on the plot. And at the end of December, the United States received intelligence by the Yemen group hiding explosives in the coating insulation of containers and transport aircraft. No there was no information pointing to a specific parcel with beverage containers isolated, but, as the recent intelligence on the tactics of the bomb implanted, the Transportation Security Administration has warned the national carriers and foreign nationals to be on the lookout.

"Due to significant advances in the safety of the world aviation in recent years, terrorist groups have repeatedly taken and publicly indicated interest to pursue ways to conceal more explosives," TSA spokesperson Nick Kimball said, adding that passengers flying in the United States may notice additional security. "Measures can include interaction with passengers, in addition to the use of other methods of testing as Pat-downs and the use of technology and improved tools."

Officials not specify what terrorist organizations seem to consider this surgical tactics.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said efforts to combat terrorism U.S. must evolve in terrorist groups publicly indicate their interest to find ways to conceal explosives.

"The idea that terrorists are looking for other ways to circumvent the security measures for aircraft target is not at all surprising", said Carney.

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A slum housing for the poor and homeless in Miami Florida. Florida has been hit hard by the housing market crash. Photography: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

You see that "food terrorism" and what to do? Conspiracies evil taint articles on grocery store shelves?

If you are Buddy Dyer, Mayor of Orlando, Florida, you can think of a group of feeding the homeless and in one of your city parks. It is that Dyer is widely quoted calling the activists with Chapter Orlando food not bombs - "food terrorists". In recent weeks, not less than 21 persons were arrested in Orlando, home of Disney World, to distribute free meals in a park.

Food not bombs is an international organization, fighting hunger. As its name indicates, it is against the war. Its Web site home page reads:

"Food not bombs actions vegan free and vegetarian meals with those who are hungry in over 1,000 cities worldwide protest war, of poverty and the destruction of the environment." With more than 1 billion people go hungry every day, how can spend us another dollar on war? »

Chapter Orlando implements a distribution of meals every Monday morning and evening Wednesday in the Town Lake Eola Park. Recently, Orlando police were were arrest of those who serve food, such as Benjamin Markeson. He was perplexed, saying:

"We believe that it is terrorism in the arrest of people trying to share food with poor and hungry people in the community to meet the need of the community." And everything we do is to come us to the Park and we share food with the poor and the hungry. "I know how that is considered as terrorism".

Attorney Shayan Elahi knows, either. It represents the Orlando food not bombs in court. He filed an injunction against the city in the judicial circuit court ninth of Florida, which is chaired by the Chief Justice that Belvin Perry Jr. j. Perry is recently in the press as the no-nonsense in the murder of Casey Anthony trial, is happening now in Orlando. While the courtroom of judge receives coverage of coverage on cable networks, Elahi hope that Perry will have the time to personally decide on tabling.

At issue is an act of the city, the order, "Power group", which requires groups to obtain a licence to serve the food, even free of charge, to groups of 25 or more. These licenses are granted to any group only twice per year. Orlando food bombs pas has used both his licence allowed this year.

The Association for civil rights in Florida called Mayor Dyer to apologize for its designation of the food group not bombs as terrorists. The criminal act should not be feeding more than 25 people, but that more than 25 people need food. Attorney Elahi between repression and planned gentrification of downtown Orlando:

"The Mayor began the development of downtown Orlando Council, and its aim was basically to push everyone... that did not fit their idea of which should be in downtown." We are trying to report to the Mayor that times have changed, that everyone is now hurting and many more people from sharing the food not bombs are workers poor. »

Message base of food not bombs is incorporated in a resolution adopted the week last by the U.S. Conference of mayors calling on Washington to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible strategically, redirect funding to meet the human vital need here at home.

Central Florida has been very hard by the recession and is among the top locations for foreclosures and bankruptcies. The UN food and Agriculture Organization a world that food warning, prices should remain high for the rest of the year and beyond. Earlier this year, food prices hit levels seen during the 2007-08 food crisis that sparked unrest in poor countries around the world. Mass demonstrations and a general strike in Greece against austerity measures planned are closing Athens.

One of the most famous songs to Disney World, near Lake Eola Park, is called "this is a small world". Its refrain: "there are so many things that we share and that it is time that we are aware / after all, it is a small world.". Turn fantasy into reality. Sharing of food should not be a crime.

• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

© 2011 Amy Goodman; distributed by King Features Syndicate