CRIME FBI - ANSIR Program - Terrorist Truck Bombing Tactics

From: George Heuston (GeorgeH@private)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 11:01:42 PST

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    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.
    
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