This is interesting. I could see this adding a whole new level of complexities in this war. If an x-ray machine couldn’t pick this up, and there is nothing on the outside of the body to indicate a bomb, then this is not cool. Guys could just board a plane and time the detonation over populated cities. They could also do much more targeted killings like in the case of this attempted assault. The possibilities are only limited by the imaginations of these miscreants, and we will see if this becomes a trend. –Matt
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Fears over ‘internal’ terror bomb
Saturday, 26 September 2009
By Frank Gardner
Security and intelligence experts are deeply worried by a new development in suicide bombing, the BBC has learned.
It has emerged that an al-Qaeda bomber who died last month while trying to blow up a Saudi prince in Jeddah had hidden the explosives inside his body.
Only the attacker died, but it is feared that the new development could be copied by others.
Experts say it could have implications for airport security, rendering traditional metal detectors “useless”.
Last month’s bombing left people wondering how one of the most wanted al-Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia could get so close to the prince in charge of counter-terrorism that he was able to blow himself up in the same room.