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Nevertheless, the manhunt moved swiftly and efficiently for the team of federal and local investigators dealing in twisted truck parts, traces of ammonium nitrate in the wreckage, and forged car-rental documents. Luck played a role as well: in spite of the composite sketch resembling him that was broadcast nationally as early as Thursday afternoon, John Doe No. 1 almost got away...
...Ammonium nitrate is a double-edged chemical. Spread it on a field and it becomes a benign fertilizer that helps produce bumper crops. Mix it with fuel oil and it becomes the kind of deadly bomb that shook Oklahoma City last week. The U.S. makes 8 million tons of the white crystalline compound each year, and it is widely available in gardening centers, supply warehouses and at construction sites. But just because anyone can buy ammonium nitrate for about 11¢ a pound doesn't mean that anyone can make it explode at a particular time and place...
...sites provides a clue about how far the S-L 9 fragments penetrated Jupiter's atmosphere before exploding. Theorists think that a layer of water vapor lies some 60 miles below the visible cloud tops; above the vapor layer, about 30 miles down, are clouds believed to consist of ammonium hydrosulfide, a sulfur compound. Since no water seems to have been stirred up, the explosions probably took place in the presumed sulfide layer. If researchers confirm that the sulfur rose up from Jupiter, it will be "a major discovery," says University of Arizona astronomer Roger Yelle. "We've always believed...
...months later, German and Saudi officials detained a German-registered ship, the Asian Senator, as it steamed past a Saudi port en route to Beirut. On board, they seized two containers of Chinese-produced ammonium perchlorate, an essential ingredient for solid-fuel rockets and ballistic missiles. Though the ostensible destination was Lebanon, U.N. monitors and U.S. officials confirmed that the real end user was Iraq's long-range missile program...
...Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Though the Pentagon possesses its own plastic explosive, a Semtex relative called C-4, a would-be terrorist would have to steal it from a military facility -- a theft that would probably be detected. Other explosives might be simpler to accumulate, however, like ammonium nitrate, an ordinary component of fertilizer that has been a favorite of the Irish Republican Army...