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NYPD studies London bombings for lessons Explosives expert dispatched to U.K.; police contacting chemical suppliers NEW YORK - Scrambling to prevent a U.S. version of the recent terror attacks in London, the New York Police Department dispatched its own explosives expert to Britain to study the suicide bombings, officials said. The department also has contacted chemical suppliers and other potential commercial sources for suspected bomb components in the New York city area and asked them to contact investigators if they notice anything suspicious, officials said Monday. Investigators in London have reportedly speculated that bombers in the July 7 attacks used TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, a highly unstable explosive made from commercially available chemicals such as acid, acetone and peroxide. Traces of TATP, also used by shoe bomber Richard Reid in his failed 2001 attempt to blow up an airplane, were found in the apartment of Egyptian biochemist Magdy el-Nashar in raids at the northern city of Leeds, home of three of the four suicide bombers. 'Detailed analysis' An NYPD detective with explosives training recently returned to New York "with a detailed analysis of the bomb-making techniques used in London," said Michael Sheehan, deputy commissioner of counterterrorism at the nation's largest police department. The investigator, whose name was not released, regularly examines "bomb methodologies that are used around the world" for a special police unit that monitors businesses that could become inadvertent suppliers for terrorists, Sheehan said. Sheehan said the department has conducted hundreds of security assessments of businesses around the city, advising them to use more video surveillance, better lighting and more guards. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
