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MSA TRAINING MEMO 12/28/11 THE bomb squad was called when a caregiver found a First World War hand in a kitchen cupboard. The routine morning caring for an elderly woman turned into an eventful day for Natalie Gill. “I got the shock of my life when I saw the grenade because it is not something you are expecting to see when you go into a cupboard for cleaning equipment." Natalie Gill The 21-year-old, who works for Caremark, was preparing to clean 86-year-old Aida Bowman’s home in Easington, County Durham, when she came across the weapon. Mrs. Bowman was sleeping at the time and Miss Gill did not want to wake her up for fear of frightening her, so she called Caremark’s head office, in Guisborough, which called police. Two officers came to the house and they were so concerned when they saw the pin in the grenade, they alerted the bomb squad in Catterick, North Yorkshire. Luckily, another officer who arrived at the scene noticed a small slit in the grenade and after a closer, but very delicate inspection, they realized it had been converted into a money box, and the reason why it was so heavy was that it was full of old coins. The bomb squad was stood down and when Mrs. Bowman woke, she was able to confirm that it was a First World War grenade that someone in her family had converted into a money box, but she had forgotten she had it. Miss Gill said: “I got the shock of my life when I saw the grenade because it is not something you are expecting to see when you go into a cupboard for cleaning equipment. “I have been caring for Aida for a while now and she has never mentioned it before. I am just glad we can smile about it now.” Mrs Bowman said: “I am sorry it caused so much fuss, but I am glad I have someone like Natalie who is so concerned for my welfare. “The hand grenade has been in my family since the First World War and I had honestly just forgotten I had it in the house. “I can imagine with its weight and the pin still in why everyone thought it may be real.” MSA COMMENTS You can’t believe how many similar items are found every year. Old military items REAL and INERT come back home from every war ever fought. From bayonets to bullets, the guys tend to bring stuff back. When the veteran’s house is cleaned out after he moves into the old vets home the WWI, WWII and any other military conflict’s leftovers get seen by someone who does not know if the item is same. Trying to determine by how heavy it feels by picking it up is not a recommended method for . It turned out to be just a piggy bank but it could have been real. See the next item for a case here in NYC

Police Discover Guns, In Bronx Raid Two men were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of explosives Friday after police found guns and grenades in a Bronx house, and one of the suspects is known throughout the community for his military service in Iraq. Two men were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of explosives Friday after police found guns and grenades in a Bronx house, and one of the suspects is known throughout the community for his military service in Iraq. Acting on a tip about illegal guns, police on Friday raised a home on Stratford Avenue in the Bronx. Authorities say they discovered illegal guns, hand grenades and explosives. According to police, they discovered an M67 live grenade, a military stun grenade and a thermite mixture. Images provided by officials were not actual photos of what was seized but were pictures of the same types of models.“These kids came back home with a mentality of making bombs and stuff like that, and I think that’s bad for our neighborhood. It’s bad enough that we’re living in a bad neighborhood, but having bombs and stuff like that is ridiculous. It’s outrageous,” said one resident. Police say the man who lived on the second story of the house was 24-year-old Anthony Cibelli, who is known as "Sarge" around the neighborhood. That was an apparent reference to his military service in Iraq, which included multiple tours."I heard they found weapons and grenades and bulletproof vests and all that. I hear he’s from the Army and he likes those things and that's why he keeps them," said one resident. MSA COMMENTS With the withdrawal from Iraq and the cutbacks in manpower in other wars more guys will be returning from active service. These guys brought stuff back from Iraq to the Bronx. Even if you did multiple tours and you really like the Army, you are supposed to give back the weapons before you go home.

Thailand A policeman was wounded by a bomb while on patrol in Panare of on Wednesday. Pol Lt Prinya Kwankaew, the duty officer at Panare police station, said Pol Cpl Anuchit Taweesaplamlert, 28, the wounded policeman, was a member of a seven-man team travelling on a pick-up truck and two motorcycles patrolling the road between Hua Khao Kaew and Pa Kapho villages in Ban Klang of Panare district. An improvised bomb buried in the road was remotely activated by a mobile phone by militants hiding on the side of the road. The explosion caused damage to the pick-up truck, leaving a big hole on the road and injuring Pol Cpl Anuchit. The militants exchanged fire briefly with the police before withdrawing. The wounded man was admitted to Panare hospital. MSA COMMENTS This style of combined armed and attack has been used by other terrorists worldwide. A remote controlled IED was set off when the police patrol was in range. This indicates that someone was watching the patrol from the IED firing point. It was buried along the route and set off by a cell phone component. The attackers then fired on the police vehicles before fleeing. In the immediate few moments just and after a roadside IED explosion, it is wise to check yourself for damage and THEN check the area for your own security before just rushing to the scene. The shooters may not be at the same location as the guy watching and setting the signal to the IED.

At least 44 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in two suicide car bombings in the heart of Syria's capital, Damascus, officials say. State TV said suspected al-Qaeda militants had targeted two security service bases in the Kafr Sousa area. But the opposition said the attacks - which came a day after Arab League observers arrived - were staged by the government to justify its crackdown. Correspondents say the attacks mark a significant escalation of violence. The Arab League team are tasked with monitoring whether the government complies with a peace agreement that orders all troops to withdraw from the streets, with the aim of ending the violence. But human rights and opposition activists said the killings continued on Friday, with security forces shooting dead at least 12 civilians. More than 5,000 people have been killed and thousands more detained since anti-government protests erupted in March, the UN says. 'Al-Qaeda infiltration' The two are unprecedented. Many people were surprised that within 20 minutes, the government had ascertained that the blasts were the results of al-Qaeda attacks. Hundreds of people have been killed there since the government signed a protocol with the Arab League, allowing for the deployment of an observer mission. Many are also asking why the blasts happened a day after the observers' advance party arrived. The opposition and protesters, who are once again taking to the streets, blame the government, saying it is attempting to persuade the observers that there are terrorists operating inside the country. We may never know who carried out the bombings - but that they were absolutely against the interests of the opposition, and played strongly into the hands of the government. The two explosions happened within minutes of each other on Friday morning. Within minutes, state TV said two attacks had been carried out by suicide driving vehicles packed with explosives against the General Security Directorate and another branch of the security services in the up market Kfar Sousa district, south-west of the city centre."Preliminary investigations showed al-Qaeda was responsible," it added. Video footage was broadcast of heavily damaged buildings, with rescue workers combing through burnt buildings and blood-stained debris, and ambulances taking the injured away. The state-owned news channel, al- Ikhbariya al-Suriya, said the first exploded outside the offices of an unspecified security agency. When guards at a nearby compound housing the General Security Directorate went to inspect the aftermath of the first blast, the driver of another vehicle rammed the main gates and detonated the bomb it was carrying, the channel said. MSA COMMENTS News out of Syria is filtered and sometimes not verified. SANA (Official news agency) usually has a few IED recovery articles with pictures, listed each week to show how Syria is the victim of terrorism. Who is behind the dual suicide car bombings has not been determined. The Free Syrian Army, one of the insurgent groups opposed to the current government, claims that they will never use IEDs. AQ has been using suicide attacks for quite a while now but not in Syria. The targets were government security and intelligence buildings. See the attached picture from SANA showing several recovered IEDS. They seem to be metal pipes with plate welded ends. One shows wires and some type of little black electrical box attached to it.

ROXAS CITY, Philippines—An improvised found Monday morning in Barangay (village) Lawaan in Roxas City creaed fear among residents in the area, including the nuns from the Carmelite Monastery.Superintendent Khasmir Disomangcop, Roxas police chief, said they were informed about the presence of a suspected explosive by Danilo Alcorano, 54, a resident living near the Carmelite Monastery in the same village. While he was sweeping the ground outside his house, Alcorano found a box adjacent to the house of Romeo Binibini that contained a Nokia cellular phone and a contraption with a suspicious substance. Senior Inspector Ramil Entereso, the police chief of nearby Sapian town and a bomb expert, defused the improvised explosive. Entereso said the improvised bomb contained C4 plastic explosive, scrap iron and gun powder. He explained that the explosive would have blown up if the cellular phone inside the box was called. MSA COMMENTS The reported components may not be correct as it lists both high and low explosives in the IED. It was a remote controlled by cell phone style IED. It pays to sweep up the area and keep plies of trash from becoming IED hiding places.

MSA COMMENTS X-ray screening comments. See the 2 picture below and compare the darker first image produced when screening two boxes of mail stacked one inside the other. The central overlapping areas of black density exceed the machine’s ability to fully penetrate the packages and show you what is inside them. It may be quicker to process the mail 2 at a time but it is harder to view and inspect these darker images.

Look at the resulting, less dense (easier to spot a threat) image produced by screening the mail one box at a time. How much is too much is determined by how full the mail buckets are. If you are straining to pick them up, it is probably too much to screen all at once. Slow it down and spread it out WHEN NECESSARY to completely see the image. Mail is usually pretty light and combining buckets is usually OK. But stuffing one box too full may result in missing something. Be careful not to let the image get too dark for you to do your job screening.