The interception of two bombs built into printer cartridges and shipped via airborne parcel services in late October was accomplished based on an alert passed from Saudi Arabia to allied intelligence services. Analysis of the parcel bombs has led investigators to believe the bomb plot was intended to destroy the aircraft carrying the packages. CNN’s Nic Robertson talked with explosive experts and filed this video report on the destructive power of the materials used in the bomb plot.
“New details in the package bomb plot have emerged, including that the explosive found in the United Arab Emirates may have traveled on passenger planes to get there, airline officials said Sunday. The explosives, including a similar device found in the United Kingdom, appear to have been designed to detonate on their own, the top White House counterterrorism official told CNN.”
