Word: tnt
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...believes its Fallujah bombing campaign has killed some top al-Zarqawi operatives, and military officials hope the latest mission will hamper his network's ability to operate. But the insurgency has shown a clear ability to regenerate itself after losses. And the rebels continue to adapt their tactics, adding TNT to their IEDs, for instance, to make them more lethal. In Ramadi they have begun attacking more at night; in Fallujah they have dug into defensive positions. A U.S. military battle-planning officer in Fallujah says the raid left a "big intel wake," information that will be useful later...
...other Abu Sayyaf operators have used Alvarado's name to carry out previous attacks, according to Philippine intelligence officers. This Alvarado, whose real name was Redondo Cain Dellosa, hauled on board a cardboard box containing a television set. The TV, according to investigators, was packed with 3.6 kg of TNT. Making his way to the cheapest passenger section in the bowels of the ship, Dellosa carefully placed the box on his seat and slipped away just before the ferry cast off. An hour after its 11 p.m. sailing, just off Corregidor Island, an explosion tore through SuperFerry 14, starting...
...little boat began to sink. But the lieutenant rammed his body against the inner door of the ship and said, "Well, what the hell are you waiting for? Take off your helmets and start bailing the water out." All our equipment as well as ourselves were wet. Our TNT was floating around the boat. We were dead tired from pumping hand pumps and bailing out water with our helmets. Our feet were frozen blue...
...Bergonzoli, a colleague, with him. In 1998 the pair launched Dartfish in an old chocolate factory in Fribourg, a 900-year-old city east of Geneva. Dartfish's technology gained notice when NBC used it on skiing telecasts during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The company also sold StroMotion to TNT, which has shown NBA players gliding through the air like ghosts...
...from a basic four-month stint to two years for potential instructors. All cadets received training in infantry tactics, weaponry (everything from pistols to automatic rifles, light machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades), map reading and explosives. Rifki told police that the explosives section included "actual samples of TNT, black powder, PETN, ammonium nitrate and C4. Students also worked with detonators, detonating cords, blasting caps and timing devices (alarm clocks). Practical exercises were conducted with 100 grams of explosive material." In addition, states the Dec. 8 report, cadets studied Islam intensively, receiving up to four hours...