Authorities fear ISIS may have assigned one of its top bomb makers to a deadly new mission: arming unmanned aircraft with miniaturized bombs, possibly with an eye toward civilian targets.

A new book suggests the terror group, crippled and now on the run, may be trying to develop drones packed with explosives, capable of attacking crowded targets in the United States and Europe.

The Russian Defense Ministry said 13 drones – including some which appeared to have small bombs on them – attacked two of their bases in Syria earlier this year.

"They are developing the capability of having drones that explode on impact," said Aimen Dean, a former bomb maker for al-Qaida. "The discussion within the ranks is that they are going to use these in Western contexts against aircraft, whether landing or parking or taking off, against sporting venues, against VIP motorcades."

Dean once swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden, and at one time was one of al-Qaida’s most accomplished bomb makers.

He said the horrific 1998 terror attacks against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania turned him against the terror group, even though he hadn't made the bombs for those attacks.

 

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