Article: Explosives for sale on the Internet.

Byline: MICHAEL CLARKE;PAUL KENDALL

RICHARD REID has told investigators how he used the Internet to make his deadly device.

The 28-year- old Londoner reportedly said he bought explosives from a dealer in Amsterdam who he found through the World Wide Web.

But FBI experts believe Reid used triacetone triperoxide, known as TATP - a deadly homemade explosive favoured by Palestinian suicide bombers.

Either way, a Daily Mail investigation yesterday revealed the terrifying ease with which explosives can be bought or manufactured using information on the Internet.

Two online bulletin boards - known as newsgroups - allow users to swop ...

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