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Comments: See below. RDX.

December 30, 1999 - U.S. links Canadian woman to bomb-smuggling suspect. FBI puts squeeze on dozens with possible terrorist ties. BURLINGTON, Vermont (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors Thursday linked a Canadian woman arrested at a remote Vermont border crossing with an Algerian man arrested in Washington state and charged with attempting to smuggle bomb-making materials into the United States from Canada. A prosecutor said in court documents that Lucia Garofalo and Algerian Ahmed Ressam were in the same cell of the GIA, which was described as "a violent Algerian terrorist organization." Ressam is charged with attempting to smuggle one of the world's most powerful explosives into the United States two weeks ago. According to court documents released Tuesday, the liquid turned out to be RDX, or cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, used by military forces around the world for demolition. He is suspected of having ties to accused terrorist Osama bin Laden. FBI agents investigating the case showed up Thursday morning at the doors of 40 to 50 people located in states across the nation -- including New York, Texas, Washington, and California -- according to the sources, who said people were interviewed, but not arrested. The people contacted by FBI agents and local police were identified through surveillance that included telephone taps. They are believed to have ties to other people who are under investigation in the Ressam case, the sources told CNN.

1 posted on 07/11/2006 11:17:48 PM PDT by Brian_Baldwin
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To: Brian_Baldwin

You mean Bush wasn't behind this terrorism????????


2 posted on 07/11/2006 11:38:54 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Brian_Baldwin

Poster from an LeT-run madrassah in Pakistan.

5 posted on 07/11/2006 11:59:32 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Brian_Baldwin
The magnitude of the sychronised blasts have conclusively pointed to the use of RDX by the attackers, official sources said in Mumbai on Wednesday.

I would think they would want to wait for the results of a chemical analysis before saying something like this.

If it was indeed RDX that points to someone with access to military explosive components. That stuff isn't easy to cook up and its not available on the commercial market at all that I know.

Too bad Squantos isn't around anymore. He'd know for sure.

L

6 posted on 07/12/2006 12:00:42 AM PDT by Lurker (2 months and still no Bill from Congressman Pence. What is he milking squids for the ink?)
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