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Incendiary Words

 

November 17th, 2011 | Author: Dr. Ross Riggs

“The most worrisome trend to law enforcement and private industry alike has been the increase in willingness by these movements to resort to the use of incendiary and explosive devices…” 

So says an official. That is a quote directly from a federal official in an agency that should certainly know the facts. “Torched from Within ~ One Agency’s Response to Arson” is an article I wrote almost a quarter of a century ago. In those days, our biggest concern was how to battle the ‘arson for profit professional pyro.’ Certainly, there was known in military circles about small devices similar to claymores that were being used by professionals (very rarely) to score specific hits against very specific targets. But that has changed and now the world of the semi-pro and amateur jihadists are opening up to all of the possibilities some internet cookbook bomb can provide.

So… it is time. Time to Check Your IED IQ.