The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Denver field office recently appealed to the region’s farm supply stores, asking employees to be aware of anyone who might be acting in a way that could indicate potential terrorist activity, saying “Current trends in terrorist bombings show that fertilizer-based explosives are continuing as a threat throughout the world.”
Points to Consider:
The FBI’s stated that: “Ammonium nitrate and urea-based fertilizers pose an explosive threat if prepared and initiated properly, and that certain pesticides can be used to cause widespread harm to people.” Consider that ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) mixtures are a favorite of car and truck bombers, and was the explosive used in the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and the 2005 bombing of rush-hour London buses and trains. Additionally, in 2006 Canadian authorities arrested 17 terror suspects, charging them with a plot to use ammonium nitrate in a bombing campaign in Toronto.
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