Al-Qaeda’s Latest Weapon: Poison Perfume

When reading the full article you will see that some feel that the fact that AQAP is resorting to such unusual tactics that they are becoming desperate.  I don't feel that way.  I see this as AQAP using intelligence and initiative to find new ways to spread fear and to attack people when they are unsuspecting.

They’ve sent you exploding printer cartridges. Your Christmas present last year was a twenty-something with a bomb in his skivvies. So what’s al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s latest gift of murderous gadgetry? In a department store, they’d call it Eau du Terror.

Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper reports that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) recently tried to kill government officials and religious clerics by sending agarwood-scented and poison-dosed perfume to their homes and offices. The Saudi Interior Ministry claims it got wind of the plot after the arrest of 149 al-Qaeda suspects in the country comprising 19 separate cells. The suspects allegedly planned to rob banks in order to pay for the perfume plot and others.

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