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Sophisticated Bombs Like One in Lockerbie Prove Hard to Detect

Number 3670
Subject Terrorism
Source Wall Street Journal (New York)
State NY
Year 1989
Publication Date Feb. 22, 1989
Summary Wall Street Journal looks at the sophisticated plastic bombs terrorists use on airplanes; finds airport security devices such as X-rays and metal detectors cannot detect the bomb's contents; reviews the 1982 explosion of a bomb on a Pan Am flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo.
Category General
Pages 2
Keywords Rashid Ibrahim al-Umari
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