C-4
 C-4  (explosive)   | |
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 Inserting blasting caps into blocks of C-4 explosive | |
| The most powerful non-nuclear explosive, supposedly very tightly controlled. However, in 1982 a log time CIA operative exported 20 tons, almost the entire US domestic stockpile, to Libya, and trained Muammar Gaddafi's forces how to use it for bomb making. |
2 pounds is sufficient to destroy a jet plane.[1]
Distribution to terrorists
In the Arms for Libya weapons deal, CIA operative Edwin P. Wilson shipped 20 tonnes of C-4 to Libya in 1982, and provided training in bomb making. This was actually with the full knowledge of the CIA - although they initially denied this when his case came to trial, Wilson was vindicated almost 20 years later when internal paperwork surfaced which proved that the Charles A. Briggs, the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency had perjured himself to ensure the convistion.[2]
Use
The initial story of 7/7 suggested that C-4 was used, but this was swiftly changed.[3]
C-4 was used for the 1972 Peteano Bombing and for many of the bombings carried out by Operation Gladio operatives in Italy.[citation needed]
An example
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| Semtex |
