Word: rdx
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...hour gun battle in Riyadh. One arrest suggested al-Qaeda may have penetrated Saudi security forces: the suspect was a police officer. Saudi forces have unearthed huge arms caches: 93 rocket-propelled grenades in one spot, 20 tons of homemade explosives in another, a ton of the plastic explosive RDX elsewhere...
...professionalism of the latest attack also raises concerns that SIMI might be functioning with more sophisticated help from abroad. Monday's blasts involved the use of RDX explosives, which are favored by several Pakistan-based Islamic militant groups and which are far more lethal than the crude agrochemical devices deployed in previous strikes in Bombay. The coordinated timing of the detonations to within 15 minutes of each other was a further sign of increased technical prowess...