Al Qaeda has developed a new tactic that allows suicide bombers to breach even the tightest security, as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports.
Inside a Saudi palace, the scene was the bloody aftermath of an al Qaeda attack in August aimed at killing Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, head of Saudi Arabia's counter terrorism operations.
To get his bomb into this room, Abdullah Asieri, had a pound of high explosives, plus a detonator inserted in his rectum. “The TROJAN BOMBER” Asieri, one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, avoided detection by two sets of airport security including metal detectors and palace security. He spent 30 hours in the close company of the prince's own secret service agents - all without anyone suspecting a thing.
How did he do it? Taking a trick from the narcotics trade - which has long smuggled drugs in body cavities….
A failed ASSASS-ination? The blast left the Jabba the Hut sized prince lightly wounded, but as an exercise in defeating security, it was perfect.
The bomber persuaded the prince he wanted to leave al Qaeda, setting a trap, by handing his cell phone to the Prince, to receive a text message, the cell phone’s incoming text message likely detonated the butt bomb. SHHITTBOOM.
ww: I’m not really into gore, but this is one video I’d like to see.
At the proper moment did he point his rear end at the prince and say: “Excuse me your Excellency, I must pinch a load. The spoiled cat milk and rancid goat hoof as caused a great discomfort in my”…….BOOOOM
The sad thing is that yet another good hiding place’s cover has been blown.
To the left is a “Sodomy Map” of the world, the darker the area the more popular. Based on Saudi Arabia’s complete blackout, the Prince’s security team probably bumped into the device during the search. and……
What’s up Idaho?