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If hezb wanted these materials they could probably make them themselves too.



It's a lot of material and they're strapped for cash. Note the material wasn't sold for years, despite no problem to do so.


Firstly, its a terrible explosive for actual military use. If you can pull strings on this scale, you can obtain something more practical.

If you are planning terrorist attacks, you don't need a mountain of the stuff, because there is no plausible scenario for using it in such quantities.

Secondly, if they had a plan to use it, they would have moved it somewhere sensible, and have it guarded / stored properly, they would make sure its not lost in a terrible accident.




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