Al Qaeda bomb maker planned to construct devices hidden inside pets
Al Qaeda bombmaker, Ibrahim al-Asiri is reportedly an expert at making bombs that could be taken past airport security, it has the been revealed.
AB news reported that the Saudi citizen who studied chemistry in college constructed several famous devices - the 'Underwear bomb', explosives inside printer cartridges and even a bomb inside the body of a little boy.
American intelligence officials say al-Asiri's latest project was to figure out a way to plant bombs inside pets, computers and cameras.
Intel reports have suggested that al-Asiri had a fierce hatred for America and that he was radicalised after the death of a brother.
"It makes him dangerous," ABC news quoted Republican Mike Rogers, R.-Alabama, chair of House Homeland Security Committee, as saying.
"And it's clear that we want to make sure that he doesn't have the opportunity to A, to continue to do, to build any device whatsoever, or impart his knowledge to anyone else who wants to build these devices."
Meanwhile, earlier today, British authorities refused to comment on reports that the double agent who infiltrated Al-Qaeda and helped foil the plot to blow up a US-bound airliner held a British passport.
CNN reported that the mole was sent by Saudi counterterrorism agents into Yemen after the Saudis learned from other informants that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was developing a new version of the underwear bomb that failed to explode in a Christmas Day 2009 attempt.
British newspapers, quoting unnamed British officials, said the man was born in Saudi Arabia but grew up in Europe before obtaining a British passport.
The Times newspaper, quoting unnamed British officials, reported that he was recruited by Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence service after he became involved in Europe with jihadist groups.
His pro-jihadi background gave him enough credibility to win the trust of Al-Qaeda operatives, the reports said, while his British passport enhanced his value to Al-Qaeda because he could travel without a visa to the United States.
British officials were tightlipped about the claims.
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