Ammonium nitrate: Adding fuel to fire
Be it Oklahoma, Bali, Nairobi, Istanbul, Delhi, Mumbai or Varanasi — the recent terror attacks at all these places had one thing in common: Terror outfits right from Osama’s Al Qaida to ISI’s LeT, JeM and HuJi used ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) as the basic explosive. And this revelation is giving sleepless nights to the security agencies in India. The cause of concern stems from the fact that ammonium nitrate is widely used in fertilisers which are available over the counter, thereby making it easy for the terror outfits to execute their nefarious designs. Full Story