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Fertilizer Ship Seized in Bali Over Suspected Bomb Plot
gcaptain/Reuters ^ | September 22, 2016 | Kanupriya Kapoor

Posted on 09/22/2016 4:02:21 PM PDT by rockinqsranch

DENPASAR, Indonesia, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities on the resort island of Bali on Thursday detained a ship from Malaysia carrying around 30 tonnes of fertilizer which police believe may have been intended for making bombs.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bomb; muslim; nitrate

1 posted on 09/22/2016 4:02:21 PM PDT by rockinqsranch
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To: rockinqsranch

I bet the muslims would to Ram that baby into a cruise ship and set it off.


2 posted on 09/22/2016 4:04:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: rockinqsranch

As the Texas City blast proves, and as the Salerno Italian ammo ship blast proves in WWII, large ship explosions can devastate WIDE areas quickly. And you can’t search a ship until it docks and is boarded.


3 posted on 09/22/2016 4:05:42 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: rockinqsranch

I would say that 30 tons is perhaps a bit much for there. They should know the typical annual consumption. Good for them if they got suspicious.


4 posted on 09/22/2016 4:07:27 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: rockinqsranch

I would guess referring to it as the S.S. ANFO might have given them a clue.


5 posted on 09/22/2016 4:08:06 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: USMCPOP

Good point.


6 posted on 09/22/2016 4:13:05 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (America IS sick, and tired of the Clintons. It's time to say goodbye.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Yes, Such recollections along with the Bali Bombing of 2002 caused me to post this.


7 posted on 09/22/2016 4:14:52 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (America IS sick, and tired of the Clintons. It's time to say goodbye.)
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To: rockinqsranch

30 tons ~ 1% of TX City, but ~ 10x OK City for blast comparisons.


8 posted on 09/22/2016 5:14:59 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changes)
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