Chemical 'bomb plot' in UK foiled

[Guy_Montag]

Intelligence agents in the UK and US have foiled a chemical bomb plot in Britain, the BBC has learnt.

The plot was believed to involve detonating a combination of explosive and a chemical called osmium tetroxide.

Experts say in gas form it could be lethal in a confined space.

The plotters were thought to be sympathetic to the aims of al-Qaeda and the intended target was believed to be British civilians.

The chemical has a legitimate scientific use for research but is highly destructive to peoples' eyes, lungs and skin.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3603961.stm

[KDLarsen]

1. So...

... Attacking Iraq made Britain safer, how?

[Guy_Montag]

2. Discussion about Osmium Tetroxide on BBC Radio 5live

The expert reckoned the explosives would do far more damage than the chemical.

[KDLarsen]

3. From what I read earlier this morning (I'm GMT +2)

... the police had also confiscated some of the same stuff that Timothy McVeigh used for the Omaha bombing. Could it have been a two-prongred attack - perhaps gas released into the underground to knock people out and then an explosion to make it impossible to reach any survivors?

[DarkPhenyx]

4. Three prong attack.

Anyone remember the cult in japan that gassed that subway?

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. As long as there are non-organic farmers....

...the 'explosive' Timothy McVeigh used will be widely available, in bulk, virtually without supervision.