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    Default Re: Article: "ISS: South Africa’s deadly mix of explosives, extortion and organised crime"

    Quote Originally Posted by tcbc View Post
    Cool personal attack, well done! The Open society has funded the ISS, not GFSA.


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    Default Re: Article: "ISS: South Africa’s deadly mix of explosives, extortion and organised crime"

    Quote Originally Posted by tcbc View Post
    I’m in mining industry. My understanding of ATM bombing is that the explosives used are commercial from civil engineering and mining origin, not cooked in kitchen


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    Obviously the mining and civil industry uses explosives not made in a kitchen, but you can produce them in such an environment if needed. The point is that more regulation and control won't solve the issue.

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    Default Re: Article: "ISS: South Africa’s deadly mix of explosives, extortion and organised crime"

    If you want to hang your hat on anyone can cook this up in the kitchen, think again. It is not that easy. Sure, there are some compounds that are easy to make, but at best they make noise and take out eyes.

    For the usefull stuff, the ingredients you need is higly regulated. It takes know-how, skill and specialised equipment. Your average ATM bomber can't do that. That is why they prefer to steal readymade stuff. Making it more difficult to procure will do wonders to reduce the use. At present mining companies only do the bare minimum they can get away with to secure their stock. It is due to their inaction that these regulations are needed.

    As much as I detest the aims of the OSF, the ISS does do normal things good for society as a a whole. And, yes I am well aware that ISS and GFSA get their funding from OFS.

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    Default Re: Article: "ISS: South Africa’s deadly mix of explosives, extortion and organised crime"

    Quote Originally Posted by janfred View Post
    If you want to hang your hat on anyone can cook this up in the kitchen, think again. It is not that easy. Sure, there are some compounds that are easy to make, but at best they make noise and take out eyes.

    For the usefull stuff, the ingredients you need is higly regulated. It takes know-how, skill and specialised equipment. Your average ATM bomber can't do that.
    Sure the fun stuff like RDX and PETN are a bit trickier to make compared to something like nitrocellulose (which even a child could make), but not prohibitively expensive or too difficult. You could even make crude but effective explosives from parts you can get at your local hardware store and Midas. It would be a better use of time, money and effort infiltrating and stopping criminals before they blow **** up than more useless regulations.

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