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They just hit Craigs List with employment ads for "Chief Remote Detonators", must have wii experience.
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These include 3 Pistols Pak made 7.63 mm, 3 Pistol Magazines, 5 AK magazines, 286 AK rounds, 2 HE 84 Grenade, 5 Kgs explosive, 12 Electronic Detonators and Cordex Wire 15 metres.
Red Alert in J&K after recovering huge quantity of arms, ammunition,Army asked to stand by 2010
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Detonators this precise are only used on Nuclear Weapons.
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Detonators are usually kept in a zippered pocket of the suicide vest, he says, so that jumpy bombers don't push the button too soon.
Inside Al Qaeda 2010
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These include 3 Pistols Pak made 7.63 mm, 3 Pistol Magazines, 5 AK magazines, 286 AK rounds, 2 HE 84 Grenade, 5 Kgs explosive, 12 Electronic Detonators and Cordex Wire 15 metres.
Red Alert in J&K after recovering huge quantity of arms, ammunition,Army asked to stand by 2010
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Ninety years ago this month -- on July 30th, 1916 -- German saboteurs blew up New York Harbor, a story I researched for my book, The Detonators.
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When I was researching my recent book The Detonators, about a 1916 terrorist attack on New York Harbor, I learned that, as far back as 90 years ago, mixing benign chemicals into a combustible bomb was the enemy's weapon of choice.
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His mind grappled with possibilities as he crept down them: He still had a couple of Decoy Detonators, but perhaps it would be better to simply knock on the courtroom door, enter as Runcorn, and ask for a quick word with Mafalda?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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“Robes,” she said under her breath, acknowledging their presence with a nervous nod and continuing to poke around in her beaded bag, “Polyjuice Potion … Invisibiliity Cloak … Decoy Detonators … You should each take a couple just in case … Puking Pastilles, Nosebleed Norgat, Extendable Ears …”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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Detonators hidden in shoes were found on board a bus in Europe last month.
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