-----Original Message----- From: ansir-admin@private [mailto:ansir-admin@private] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:48 AM To: ansir@private Subject: [Ansir] FBI - ANSIR Program - Terrorist Truck Bombing Tactics ANSIR E-mail - FBI Intelligence Bulletin on Terrorist Truck Bombing Tactics. FBI analysis of successful terrorist truck bombings perpetrated against U.S. Government facilities in the United States and abroad reveals that future bombing attempts may include the following indicators: Theft or purchase of chemicals, blasting caps, and/or fuses for explosives; Theft or purchase of respirators and chemical mixing devices; Rental of storage space for chemicals, hydrogen bottles, etc; Delivery of chemicals to storage facilities; Theft or purchase of trucks or vans with a minimum 2,000-pound capacity; Trucks or vans that have been modified to handle heavier loads; Chemical fires, toxic odors, or brightly colored stains in apartments, hotel rooms, or self-storage units; Small test explosions in rural or wooded areas; Hospital reports of missing hands or fingers or of chemical burns on hands or arms; Chemical burns or severed hands or fingers that have gone untreated; Physical surveillance of potential targets, including the videotaping of access points; and "Dry Runs" of routes to identify any speed traps, road hazards, or bridges and overpasses with clearance levels too low to accommodate the truck purchase of, or elicit access to, facility blueprints. This FBI Awareness of National Security Issues and Response (ANSIR) communication is intended for corporate security professionals and others who have requested to receive unclassified national security advisories. Individuals who wish to become direct recipients of FBI ANSIR communications should provide business card information, i.e., company name, address, phone, fax, e-mail address, etc., to ansir@private with a brief description of the product(s) and/or service(s) provided by your organization.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sun May 26 2002 - 11:39:30 PDT