| dallas said: The news says that they used bombs copied from an Al queda website |
That is probably as true as claiming that the person who sent the ricin-poisoned letters a few days ago used the ricin recipe from the FBI website.
They are probably talking about the "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of your mom" article in Al Quida's "Inspire" online magazine, but I personally find it very unlikely that they built their bombs based on that article:
- the only reason some media seem to see a connection is because that article mentions pressure cookers. But while it's true that the article mentions pressure cookers, it only even mentions them in one short paragraph. The actual, 7-pages, long precise instructions on building a bomb describe building a pipe bomb instead.
- The explosive material used in the bomb recipe in the Inspire article uses matchheads and sugar, while the real bombers probably used commercial blackpowder that they legally bought in gun shops or something
- the Inspire article describes using a normal clock with clock hands as a timed detonator, while it seems to be believed that the Boston bombs used egg timers, which require a different approach to turn them into timed detonators
So why should they build a bomb based on this article if they don't follow the instructions? There are thousands of instructions for building similar bombs freely available on the internet. The usual suspects, "Anarchist cookbook" and "Terrorist handbook" seem much more likely to me.
