I remember something about "binary bombs" (two separate inert liquids become unstable and explosive when combined) from the movie Die Hard III. Was that just fiction, or does this sort of thing exist?
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Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:17:49 EDT
CBC News
British police have arrested 21 people in connection with a bombing plot they say would have caused "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" on commercial aircraft flying from Britain to the United States.
Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner...
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel's Security Cabinet recommended Wednesday that the Israeli military expand its campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israeli ground forces are now authorized to push up to the Litani River, 18 miles (29 kilometers) inside Lebanon, in an attempt to eliminate...
Soldier at rape-murder hearing describes conditions in Iraq
Tuesday, August 8, 2006; Posted: 2:27 p.m. EDT (18:27 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Stressed-out soldiers drank whiskey and downed painkillers to try to cope with "mentally draining" duty in Iraq, a private testified Tuesday.
Troops...
Associated Press
Published: July 31, 2006 - New York Times
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO took command of southern Afghanistan from the United States on Monday, and the new commander of the push to pacify the insurgency-wracked region vowed that he would not fail millions of Afghans seeking...
Wall Street Journal
February 15, 2006
Pg. 1
To Keep Recruits, Boot Camp Gets A Gentle Revamp
Army Offers More Support, Sleep, Second Helpings
By Greg Jaffe
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- New recruits used to be welcomed to boot camp here with the "shark attack." For decades, drill sergeants in...
After seeing him get hit with whatever that was (20mm chaingun?), I don't think he was going to pick up anything, except maybe his intestines. It was amazing that he even survived the first barrage!
Death was almost certainly imminent, in any event. The second blast was probably a waste of...
Check out this video at an air show where the two pilots eject, then the plane crashes.
Fortunately no-one was hurt. I think that's an SU-27, but I'm not sure.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jetcrash.html
Any moral dilemnas here? Thoughts? Please post - thanks.
Revealed: UK Wartime Torture Camp
Ian Cobain
Saturday November 12, 2005
The Guardian
(Original source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondworldwar/story/0,14058,1640957,00.html)
"The British government operated a secret torture...
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