Feb 12, 2008 5:18 pm US/Eastern
DHS Warns Of Pregnant Prosthetic Belly Bombings
New Wave Of Terrorism Carried Out By Women Wearing Loaded Pregnant Suits
WASHINGTON (CBS) ―
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It may be the newest wave in suicide attacks: a prosthetic pregnant belly serving as a compartment for explosives.
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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are warning against a new type of terrorism carried out by women who appear to be pregnant.
It may be the newest wave in suicide attacks: a prosthetic pregnant belly serving as a compartment for explosives. The belly opens up from the front and the explosives are placed inside.
"It's not the first time we've had women involved before in one way or another," says security expert Robert Strang.
Strang tells CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City he isn't surprised at the new lows terrorists will stoop to -- lows that include those with Down syndrome even carrying out suicide attacks in Baghdad.
"They're recruiting anybody they can get to do those things that's not going to inform law enforcement, that's not going to be a threat to these organizations that can get the job done," says Strang.
With terrorist training camps up and running in Pakistan, there are now fears Americans might one day be involved. Authorities are increasingly worried that al Qaeda is actively recruiting people who look like Americans and sound like Americans to carry out the next attack on America.
"Whether it's Americans or whether it's people who can launch from Europe, because they have visas or passports that allow them to travel to the United States, they are looking at people who can operate in the west," says Philip Mudd of the FBI.
Authorities say there is "no specific, credible intelligence" that says terrorists are planning to use women and suicide bombers to attack, but the warning was sent to agencies across the country in the wake of recent attacks overseas.
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