Word: rdx
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exercise involved placing "test packages of explosive chemicals" inside the plane so that the bomb dog could find them, according to the FBI. While the packages did not contain any substance that would actually blow up, they did contain chemicals such as PETN and RDX, both of which are building blocks for plastic explosives. The FBI says the packages were removed at the end of the tests, but the exercise could have left debris that may "possibly relate to the trace residues previously identified" on parts of the plane. Indeed, the PETN found on the floor of the passenger section...
...bomb parts hidden in a carry-on bag. Eight days later, Mikdad blew off both his legs and one arm when a bomb he was assembling in an east Jerusalem hotel room accidentally detonated. Israeli security officials believe Mikdad was building the bomb using a powerful plastic explosive called RDX and planned to place it aboard a flight leaving Ben Gurion Airport. This was the first known time that Hizballah slipped an operative into Israel by way of an international airline. FBI agents are planning to travel to Israel to study Mikdad's methods for any telltale bits of bombcraft...