The stakes in the war on terror just got higher with new information that will likely blow your mind!
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are warning about a new terror plot from al-Qaeda that is so insane, it just might work. Officials say that suicide bombers may try to take down an airliner with explosives surgically implanted inside their body, which could be detonated by a hidden switch or remotely from a cell phone. U.S. terror experts believe the most likely to try such a plot appears to be Yemen-based al-Qaeda members, who were the brains behind the unsuccessful underwear bomber.
Drug smugglers have used a similar system for years of implanting toxic drugs inside their bodies so as to snuggle them across borders. But the concept of surgically implanting an explosive device inside someone, then successfully getting them onto a plane before it detonates or causes their system to go into shock, is untried, unsafe, but could be surprisingly effective. Current airport security body-scanning machines would be unable to detect a bomb surgically implanted inside an abdomen or other body cavity. But it is unclear if a surgically implanted explosive could create widespread damage outside the body, or if a detonator would even work.
Authorities caution that they know of no specific information regarding an imminent plan of this nature, but are clear that there is considerable discussion among terrorist groups frustrated by the use of full-body imaging machines, thorough pat-downs, and other security measures currently in place at U.S. airports.
With the capture and death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, combined with the upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 this September, it is believed that al-Qaeda is eager to find a unique opportunity to conduct a major strike against the United States.
Where theres a will theres a way. We can find a way to look for bombs inside people but then they'll just find another way around it. We live in scary times.