I wanted to start this post with a warning addressed to the people of Yemen, but it appears that they are already aware of the menace.
Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, started his illustrious, albeit so far fruitless, career of rocket scientist with attempting to launch his own brother Abdullah directly into martyrdom:
With the bomb hidden in a body cavity, Abdullah approached the prince and blew himself up.Body cavity... I love them euphemisms. In other words, Ibrahim Hassan here just decided to stick it to his own bro, in the absence of other volunteers.
His next volunteer, the Pantybomber didn't agree to the use of his "body cavity". So Ibrahim Hassan built, so to speak, a workaround. In other words, he embedded the explosive around same "body cavity" - in the "martyr's" underwear.
And now even this offer is not attractive anymore to people of Yemen, so Ibrahim Hassan is down to stuffing PETN into secondhand printer cartridges...
Still, as long as he is at large, the danger is out there. So, if you are walking around (or plan to do so) in the streets somewhere in Arabian Peninsula and suddenly feel pain and/or burning sensation in your "body cavity" - ask somebody local to call the bomb squad.
Yeah, and generally watch your back.
