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Afghan Police Seize 22 Tons of Explosives From Iran
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Posted on 10/06/2010 5:34:20 PM PDT by nuconvert

Afghan police said Wednesday they had seized 22 tons of explosives stashed in boxes marked "food, toys and kitchenware" that were reportedly imported from neighboring Iran.

The discovery was made Tuesday in a customs office in the western province of Nimroz on the Iranian border, deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Musa Rasouli told the AFP.

"We found these materials hidden in a 40 foot shipping container that had come from Iran. The explosives were disguised as merchandise like food, toys and kitchenware," he said

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; iran; waronterror
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1 posted on 10/06/2010 5:34:22 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

22 tons? That’s quite a bit. Hope the Jews take care of them because obama sure as hell won’t.


2 posted on 10/06/2010 5:39:54 PM PDT by refermech
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To: nuconvert

22 tons dropped on nut jobs palace is a good start..


3 posted on 10/06/2010 5:46:16 PM PDT by aces (own broa)
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To: refermech; Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
22 tons? That’s quite a bit. Hope the Jews take care of them because obama sure as hell won’t.

That really sums up everything that needs to be said.

4 posted on 10/06/2010 5:49:09 PM PDT by lonevoice (Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music)
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To: nuconvert

Light the fuse and write “return to sender.”


5 posted on 10/06/2010 5:51:56 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (The liberal mantra: Never enough.)
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To: nuconvert; Cindy; snidely whiplash III

Ping


6 posted on 10/06/2010 5:54:23 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: nuconvert

Well there went their ammo supply .....


7 posted on 10/06/2010 5:58:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Give Kids An Education, Take Them Out Of Government Schools" - and I'm still Molly Norris")
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To: nuconvert

As the late George Carlin would say:

That’s a lot of “stuff”!


8 posted on 10/06/2010 6:00:21 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: nuconvert

this alone is reason enough to exterminate the Mad Mullahs and their pet monkey Ahmawhackoff


9 posted on 10/06/2010 6:02:08 PM PDT by Enchante ("The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." -- George Orwell --)
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To: AdmSmith; freedom44; Valin; sionnsar; LibreOuMort; Pan_Yans Wife; Army Air Corps; GOPJ; mazda77; ...

pong


10 posted on 10/06/2010 6:15:56 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

I say pack’em up inside Daisy Cutters and drop them back on Iran!


11 posted on 10/06/2010 6:20:43 PM PDT by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: nuconvert

A lot “toys” removed from the hands of Johnny Jihad. The question is, how many more of these caches are out there.


12 posted on 10/06/2010 6:43:06 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: nuconvert

22 TONS?????!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 10/06/2010 6:48:16 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: nuconvert
Bush should have sent in the bombers when the 1st IED was found in Iraq saying Made in Iran.
14 posted on 10/06/2010 6:53:19 PM PDT by McGruff (I Love the Smell of Desperation in the Morning. Smells like Victory!)
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To: Walkingfeather

yup , that what it says. It was in a 40 foot shipping container - that’s big.
BTW - a similar cache was stopped on a ship in Italy going from Iran to Syria about 2wks ago....

Italy seizes 7 tonnes of Iranian explosive in port

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/September/international_September1058.xml&section=international


15 posted on 10/06/2010 6:56:28 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: McGruff

Yup


16 posted on 10/06/2010 6:57:44 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Army Air Corps

check my post #15

Who knows how many go undetected all the time.

This is why it’s not just about the nukes.

They are the LEADING STATE SPONSORS of TERRORISM.


17 posted on 10/06/2010 7:02:03 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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Thanks nuconvert.


18 posted on 10/06/2010 8:05:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: nuconvert

Send it to the Iranian Kurds. They’ll make use of it.


19 posted on 10/06/2010 9:08:26 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (The candidate they smear the most is the one they fear the most.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

Send it to the Iranian Baluch. They’ll make use of it.


20 posted on 10/07/2010 3:30:24 AM PDT by Melchior
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