Abstract
The alleged terrorists arrested in New York City June 24 in the act of preparing bomb material were apparently making a common and easily handled explosive known as ANFO (ammonium nitratefuel oil). According to news reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and New York City police nabbed five men during a raid on their hideout in the borough of Queens, where the men were mixing a witches' brew of fuel oil and fertilizer. The agents confiscated five metal drums of the lethal gumbo. The five suspects, along with three others arrested elsewhere, are charged with plotting to blow up the United Nations, the federal building that houses the New York City office of the FBI, and two commuter tunnels connecting the borough of Manhattan to New Jersey. A ninth suspect was arrested last week. FBI spokesmen decline to discuss the nature of the confiscated explosive, citing legal concerns. But Jimmie C. Oxley, an explosives expert ...
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