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Rickety ships being used to ship explosive precursors by people trying their best to hide their involvement in that activity, to people implicated in illegal ar
by rebuilder 6y ago
Rickety ships being used to ship explosive precursors by people trying their best to hide their involvement in that activity, to people implicated in illegal arms trading, seems like a pretty important story.
- aaron695 6y agoIf you are saying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate was being transported for military or militant use, that to me is pretty crazy but interesting. But you'd need to say it rather than imply something Qanon style. What is going on? My theory. It's a ricky ship transporting ammonium nitrate for use farming or mining. To differentiate you'd have to see if this counterfeit ammonium nitrate really does cost more to be mining grade or it's just in the name and is for farming. How would illegal arms play out in an alternate theory?
- rebuilder 6y agoWell, the article says pretty much right at the start: "The ultimate customer for the ammonium nitrate on the ship, a Mozambican explosives factory, is part of a network of companies previously investigated for weapons trafficking and allegedly supplying explosives used by terrorists.The factory never tried to claim the abandoned material."