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2016-11-28 Afghanistan

Pakistan truck driver arrested in Torkham, 9,310kg of Ammonium Nitrate seized

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Posted by Fred 2016-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

Trucks lined up transiting the Torkham gate.

Assessment: One truck was detained. Hat tip to the Afghan Border Police (ABP). Things however, are likely to become much worse in Afghanistan.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-28 05:43|| 2016-11-28 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 the Ryder truck, containing in excess of 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg)[63] of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, nitromethane, and diesel fuel mixture, detonated in front of the north side of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building - wiki

The OKC bomb for size perspective

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-11-28 09:02|| 2016-11-28 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow...great work by the ANBP. Concur with B that things are gonna get noisier in Kabul. 9310KG of AN is enough to build at least two of these

Posted by Tennessee 2016-11-28 09:44|| 2016-11-28 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 The Fatima-Group initiative came up under Obama and the tail end of Clinton's tenture at State. Gov. Pence put a stop to it in Indiana

Link from The Hill, same topic.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-28 14:59|| 2016-11-28 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 9,310kg of Ammonium Nitrate

For peaceful Islamic purposes, of course.

Posted by gorb 2016-11-28 23:31|| 2016-11-28 23:31|| Front Page Top

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