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Stringent Explosives Law OK'd
In an important move aimed at preventing militants from obtaining explosives, Saudi Arabias Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, approved a new law yesterday that regulates the possession, export, import, sale, exchange, transport and storage of explosives (made for nonmilitary purposes) and firecrackers. The explosives and firecrackers law bans unauthorized persons from carrying out explosions and operating firecracker devices. Tough punishment will be imposed on persons involved in smuggling, manufacturing and assembling explosives with the intention of undermining the Kingdoms security. The law specifies punishment for those individuals who possess explosives and train others in making and using them, the Saudi Press Agency said. The interior minister will issue an executive bylaw for the new law within 120 days after its publication in the official gazette. The passing of the new law comes two weeks after the Cabinet took another decision curbing the sale of industrial and agricultural chemicals that could be used to make explosives. It banned the sale of various solid forms of nitrate compounds for three years. The Cabinet banned the use of ammonium, calcium, potassium and magnesium nitrates as well as their byproducts in solid/granule/powder forms for three years for agricultural purposes, SPA said. Posted by: Fred 2007-05-16 |
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