Sentence examples for mixture of semtex from inspiring English sources

Forensic experts later estimated that the truck contained a 3300 pound mixture of semtex, a military-grade plastic explosive, and ammonium nitrate fertiliser, a cheap and easily obtainable explosive used extensively by the IRA.

Ethnically and socially, the perpetrators are a random mixture, including a kid who bears a box of Semtex as if delivering pizza, a sybarite who puts on lipstick and mimes to Shirley Bassey, a woman with the features of a Matisse odalisque, and a pale preppie type who declares, "We did what we had to do".

The bomb, described by police as "small," was believed to be made of Semtex explosive.

But now he's finally pulled out that bit of Semtex - in the form of Anthony Neilson.

Six incendiary bombs and a quantity of Semtex were found during the anti-terrorist operation.

For all they knew, I was carrying a kilogramme or two of Semtex.

Good luck getting a hobby knife through a concourse checkpoint, while a pocket full of Semtex is unlikely to be noticed.

A search of her hand luggage revealed 1½ ounces of Semtex and a detonator, hidden in a calculator.

In all the cases listed there is repeated reference to the use of Semtex to trigger the explosions.

One idea he apparently considered involved using car bombs and 1,000 pounds of Semtex plastic explosives to destroy a two-story religious school outside Beirut.

On April 10 1992, at 9 20pm, the building was destroyed by an IRA truck bomb consisting of 100 pounds of Semtex wrapped in a ton of fertiliser.