Terrorist Explosive Sourcebook - Countering Terrorist Use of Improvised Explosive Devices

How are terrorist improvised explosive devices (IEDs) constructed? \7hy do they sometimes claim the lives of even well-trained and suspicious per-sonnel, and how can we avoid becoming a victim of them ourselves? These are among the questions most often asked by persons attending IED Awareness and Counterterrorist courses. In this manual, which was originally assembled for just such a course, you will find the answers. The purpose of this manual is to provide a source of easi-ly accessed reference material for both the professional and nonprofessional reader. Special Forces and contract military personnel, law enforcement officers, co{porate security per-sonnel, and interested civilians alike will find the information here invaluable. The contents will impart to the reader a sound basic knowledge of the principles and techniques involved in the preparation of IEDs and booby traps, as well as appropriate counterbomb/counterterrorist measures. Several previously unpublished and original techniques are revealed here, not to further terrorist or criminal projects, but in the belief that a wider knowledge of such techniques will do much to improve existing counterterrorist measures. At the very least, any subsequent deployment of related sys-tems will lack the high surprise value which would other-wise be the case. This in itself will help save lives. Note that for obvious reasons no specific explosive manu-facturing details are included.