Well apparently a Saudi Terrorist by the name of Abdullah Asieri attempted to assassinate a Saudi prince. How did he manage get an explosive device so close to such a heavily guarded individual? He hide about a pound of explosive with a detonator in his rectum (you know your dedicated to a cause when your willing to hide an object in your rectum).

Here is a video that discusses more about the incident.



Also more information from the The Mercury's blog:

The ass bomb was detonated remotely by text message. The Al Qaeda ass bomber's intended target—a Saudi Prince (wouldn't it be great if Al Qaeda only targeted Saudi princes?)—survived the attack, the ass bomber did not. But before you laugh it off:

"This is the nightmare scenario," said Chris Yates, an aviation security consultant. On a plane at altitude, the effects of such a bomb could be catastrophic. And there is no current security system that could stop it. "Absolutely nothing other than to require people to strip naked at the airport," said Yates.

And al Qaeda says it will share its new technique via the Internet very soon. There is nothing that can stop that either.

After the shoe bomber's attempt—a very nearly successful attempt—to bring down a plane over the Atlantic, we all had to start taking our shoes off at security and passing them through the metal detectors. What on earth are they going to do to us after an ass bomber brings down a passenger plane?

Here is the link to rest of the article