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Italy seizes high-grade explosives
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| 9/21/10
| Staff
Posted on 09/21/2010 5:28:01 PM PDT by Nachum
Customs officers in southern Italy have seized six to seven tonnes of high-grade explosives en route from Iran to Syria, the Italian ANSA news agency said on Tuesday, quoting sources.
Investigators said the RDX explosives, found at the port of Gioia Tauro in the Calabria region, were hidden in a container transporting powdered milk.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explosives; highgrade; iran; italy; rdx; seizes; syria
6 to 7 tons?
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:28:05 PM PDT
by
Nachum
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: sfg-18b
Religion of *boom*. These terrorist regimes need to be wiped out.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:37:05 PM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: Nachum
“hidden in a container transporting powdered milk.”
That was gonna be quite a milkshake.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:38:49 PM PDT
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: Nachum
RDX is fast stuff, that much would make a LOT of IEDs.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:42:15 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Nachum
6 to 7 tons? I say return it to Iran...via an airdrop.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:43:23 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
To: lowbridge
Act of war by Iran against Israel. War is hell...
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:45:49 PM PDT
by
Huebolt
(It ain't over till there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
Brava, Italia. Bravissima.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:50:58 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: Nachum
en route from Iran to Syria And it was found in a port in Italy? The Iranians could have taken it by camel and made better time and less cost.
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posted on
09/21/2010 5:53:18 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
(Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: Cindy; MamaDearest; LucyT; Velveeta; Rushmore Rocks
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posted on
09/22/2010 4:00:33 PM PDT
by
Oorang
(Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
To: Oorang
Thanks, O. The recent news reports seem to indicate things are “ramping” up a bit.
To: Oorang
Bumping this thread and thanks for the ping Oorang.
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posted on
09/22/2010 10:15:58 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Nachum
They must have come from Saddam’s “baby milk factory.”
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