Just curious about Train bombing in Spain?

[KYDEM]

What kind of explosives were used?

[Career Prole]

1. Don'tr believe I've heard it mentioned but a good point is that

this government of ours was pretty damned good at bomb forensics until Iraq. Now they don't even bother trying to find out what blew up...just who did it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I think the conclusion was they were stolen from a Spanish quarry

Among those arrested is a former Spanish quarryman who is alleged to have helped to organise the theft of the explosives from one or more quarries in the northern town of Tineo, near Oviedo.

It was still not clear yesterday whether the man, named as José Emilio Suárez Trashorras, had stolen the explosives for the bombers or whether he had simply shown a team of four Islamist militants how to set about it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1175694,00.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. RDX & HMX are used all over the world

in all sorts of manufacturing processes. People like this stuff because it is very stable and is relatively safe to work with because there are no known adverse health risks from handling these compounds. Except of course, when it is used to blow things up and you happen to be in the way.