US Crackdown on Potential Bomb Material
November 26th, 2008 . by HSToday Newsfeeds - All
In an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks, the Department of
Homeland Security has announced new plans to regulate the selling and
purchasing of ammonium nitrate. The widely used fertilizer was used in
the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 186 people and was the
subject of a 2006 ABC News investigative report that found lethal
quantities of the fertilizer was frighteningly easy to obtain.
