REISSUE/ADDENDUM: TERRORISM: COURSE CONTENT ON POISON, CHEMICALS, AND EXPLOSIVES TRAINING <SANITIZED>

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• Publication Date: April 12, 2002

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(S//NF) SUBJ: REISSUE/ADDENDUM: TERRORISM: COURSE CONTENT ON
POISON, CHEMICALS, AND EXPLOSIVES TRAINING
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(S//NF) 3. THE COURSE WAS DIVIDED INTO FIVE GENERAL SECTIONS: 1) AN
INTRODUCTION; 2) THE SCIENCE OF TOXINS AND POISONS; 3) BASIC TOXIN AND POISON PREPARATION; 4)
BASIC CHEMISTRY; AND 5) EXPLOSIVES AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES PREPARATION. THE
INTRODUCTORY SECTION SERVED AS INDOCTRINATION, CITING RELIGION AND ISLAM AS JUSTIFYING THE
APPLICATION OF THE TRAINING EMPHASIZED DURING THE COURSE. PRAISE FOR 1993 WORLD TRADE
CENTER BOMBER RAMZI ((YOUSEF)) WAS INCLUDED IN THIS AND SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS OF THE BOOK.
DETAILS OF THE REMAINING SECTIONS FOLLOW.
(S//NF) 4. THE SCIENCE OF TOXINS AND POISONS: THIS SECTION PROVIDED AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
ORIGINS OF POISONS AND DISCUSSED GENERAL METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO
A "LIVING THING." IT PROVIDED DEFINITIONS FOR THE TERM "POISON" AND "POISONING" AND DESCRIBED
FAST ACTING VERSUS SLOW ACTING POISONS. DURING THIS SECTION THE TERM "LD 50" WAS
SPECIFICALLY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF DESCRIBING A "KILLING DOSE." THE COURSE MATERIAL THEN
TRANSITIONED TO THE DEFINITION OF ANTIDOTE AND PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF
GENERIC ANTIDOTES FOR POISONING.
(S//NF) 5. THE SCIENCE OF TOXINS AND POISONS (CONT): THE TRAINING MANUAL THEN WENT ON TO
DESCRIBE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF POISONS. TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF POISONS WERE MENTIONED:
1) NATURALLY OCCURRING POISONS, AND 2) CHEMICAL POISONS. CHEMICAL POISONS WERE FURTHER
BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING THREE CATEGORIES: 1) "NORMAL" CHEMICAL POISONS, WHICH
CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED FROM A DRUGSTORE OR PHARMACY, 2) GASEOUS POISONS, WHICH ARE
NORMALLY PRODUCED FROM A REACTION OF AN ACID AND SOLID MATERIAL, AND 3) LABORATORY
CHEMICALS, WHICH ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN THAN "NORMAL" CHEMICALS. THE TEXT THEN
TRANSITIONED TO A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING THE FUNCTIONING OF
VARIOUS HUMAN ORGANS AND SYSTEMS. IT STATED THAT MANY POISONS ARE CLASSIFIED BY THE PART
OF THE BODY THAT THEY EFFECT. DETAILED BIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS WERE PROVIDED OF THE
FOLLOWING HUMAN ORGANS/SYSTEMS:
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(S//NF) SKIN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NERVOUS SYSTEM LIVER KIDNEY EYES BLOOD
(SIINF, COMMENT: OF SPECIAL INTEREST, IN THE ABOVE SECTION ON THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, WAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST USE OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS DURING
THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN WHICH, THE AUTHOR SEEMS TO EMPHATICALLY NOTE, 5,000 SOLDIERS WERE
KILLED. THE AUTHOR ALSO MAKES THE RATHER UNUSUAL POINT, WHEN DISCUSSING BLOOD
TRANSMITTED POISONS, THAT ACCORDING TO THE PROPHET THE BLOODS RUNS FASTEST DURING THE
17TH, 19TH, AND 21ST DAY OF THE MONTH.)
(S//NF) 6. TOXINS AND POISONS: THIS SECTION WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE CATEGORIES: A) NATURAL
POISONS, B) CHEMICAL POISONS, C) POISON GASES, D) CHEMICALS FOR RENDERING A PERSON
UNCONSCIOUS, E) MAKING A POISON LETTER USING CYANIDE. FOR EACH POISON/CHEMICAL THE
AUTHOR PROVIDED COMMENTS ON SOURCES, LEGAL USES, SYMPTOMS OF THE POISON, AND A
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO MAKE THE TOXIN OR POISON.
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(S//NF) A. NATURAL POISONS:
(S//NF) BOTULINUM TOXIN RICIN NICOTENE SOLANEEN (SOLANINE, SOLANENECOMMENT: (b)(3)
DESCRIBED AS A POISON DERIVED FROM POTATOES) MUSHROOMS OMMENT: THE AUTHOR (b)(3)
PROVIDED FAIRLY DETAILED DRAWINGS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF POISONOUS MUSHROOMS.)
(S//NF) B. CHEMICAL POISONS:
(S//NF) CYANIDE SODIUM AZIDE (NAN3) MERCURY NITRATE ANALINE (C6H5NH2) SODIUM NITRATE (NAN02)
ARSENIC TRIOXIDE (AS03) ETHYLENE GLYCOL CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (CCL4) BENZENE
HEXACHLORIDE (C6H6CL6) DDT PARATHION TEPP THALLIUM SULFATE
(S//NF) C. POISON GAS:
(S//NF) C YDROGEN CYANIDE CYANOGEN CHLORIDE (CNCL) PHOSPHINE AKA PHOSPHENE (PH3)
CNCLPH3 COMMENT: UNKNOWN CHEMICAL NAME, AUTHOR OF THIS MANUAL DESCRIBED THIS
CHEMICAL AS THE MOST DANGEROUS GAS EVER KNOWN - IT PRODUCES A "FAST DEATH".) HYDROGEN
SULFIDE (H2S) SODIUM SULFIDE (NA2S) ARSINE (ASH3) PHOSGENE (COCL2) CARBON MONOXIDE
MUSTARD GAS - H CLOROACETONE (CH2CLCOCH2) AKA CHLOROACETONE "HOMEBREW NERVE GAS"
(S//NF) D. CHEMICALS FOR RENDERING A PERSON UNCONSCIOUS:
(S//NF) VIA THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM- ETHER (C2H50C2H5) CHLOROFORM C3H4F2CL20 C3H2F5CLO
C3HF6CLO CF3CHBRCL
(S//NF) VIA THE BLOOD- ALTHESIN KETAMIN HCL METHOHEXITONE
(S//NF) E. MAKING A POISON LETTER. THIS BRIEF SECTION DESCRIBED HOW TO MAKE A POISONED
LETTER USING CYANIDE AND "DMSO" COMMENT: ASSUME THAT DMSO REFERS TO DIAMETHYL
SULFOXIDE, WHICH IS A COMMON CHEMICAL SOLVENT).
(S//NF) 7. BASIC CHEMISTRY: THIS SECTION PROVIDED BASIC CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY.
(S//NF) 8. EXPLOSIVES AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES: THIS SECTION BEGAN WITH A BASIC OVERVIEW OF
EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIONS, AND
(S//NF) INTIATING EXPLOSIVES
(S//NF) ACETONE PEROXIDE
(S//NF) LEAD NITRATE MERCURY FULMINATE TRIODIDE NITRATE27799
(S//NF) BOOSTER EXPLOSIVES
(S//NF) NITROGLYCERIN NITROGLYCOL PICRIC ACID TETRYL RDX
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(S//NF) "BASIC EXPLOSIVE" MIXTURES
(S//NF) AMMONIUM NITRATE UREA NITRATE LEAD NITRATE SODIUM NITRATE BARIUM NITRATE POTASSIUM
NITRATE AMMONIUM NITRATE/ALUMINUM POWDER/HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AMMONIUM
NITRATE/ALUMINUM POWDER POTASSIUM CHLORATE SODIUM CHLORATE ASTROLITE DYNAMITE TNT
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE/SUGAR OR ALUMINUM POWDER SUGAR AND SULFAR BLACK POWDER
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE/ALUMINUM POWDER
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