Ammonium Nitrate is Not a Bomb
I just got back from a great dinner in Manhattan and turned on the tv. The Path to 9/11 was over but a Nightline special was on. It blasted American farmers' opposition to federal attempts to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate. It was an incredibly misinformed piece of journalism.
Ammonium nitrate is not a bomb. It can be a bomb when it's mixed with fuel oil or some other such substance. The OKC bomb was a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. It was the fuel oil portion that created the confusion for the Government -- where did it come from? They didn't arrive at a conclusion until the eve of trial. The ammonium nitrate was not a puzzle. By itself, it is not a bomb. Didn't anyone see Rent?
Its ANFO that is dangerous -- ammonium nitrate and fuel oil -- not ammonium nitrate by itself.
Let's stop the fear mongering -- and let the farmers alone.
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