At first, the FBI insisted that the mass-murder vehicular attack in New Orleans wasn’t terrorism. Then they announced that Shamsud-din Jabbar had several accomplices to help him place two IEDS, only to reverse that later and claimed that he’d worked alone.
However, a new report from NBC News suggests that Jabbar may have had some assistance with the bombs after all. The explosive used turns out to be so unusual that it has never been used in terror attacks in the West before now, and it’s not at all clear how Jabbar either received it or manufactured it himself:
Federal investigators examining the attack say that Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the two devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Authorities are investigating how Jabbar acquired the knowledge to create this homemade explosive, the officials said.
Those officials say that the explosive has never been used in a U.S. terror attack or incident, nor in any European terror attack. A key question for investigators is how Jabbar learned about the compound and how he managed to produce it.
Let’s get the biggest caveat out of the way: can we trust the accuracy of this report? It’s not as though investigators have covered themselves in glory over the last four days in this case. Presumably, NBC’s sources are in the FBI, since they have taken control of the investigation, and as I noted in my preamble, the FBI keeps hitting reverse on public declarations, let alone unauthorized leaks.
Assuming that this report is accurate and Jabbar used such an exotic explosive, one has to wonder why. Explosives are not difficult to find, and more common explosives would presumably be harder to trace back to a source. One can find Internet recipes to make C4, a common explosive used by the American military and others, without too much trouble. (I’d recommend not Googling that without a specific benign purpose, of course.)
It’s not as if Jabbar’s military experience would have lent itself to expertise in explosives, exotic or otherwise. He primarily worked in Human Resources and Information Technology, although he did do a tour in Afghanistan and qualified as a parachutist too. He may have come across explosives during his tour, but his record shows no particular assignment where Jabbar worked specifically with explosives of any kind as a specialist. […]
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Why One Survival Food Company Shines Above the Rest
Let’s be real. “Prepper Food” or “Survival Food” is generally awful. The vast majority of companies that push their cans, bags, or buckets desperately hope that their customers never try them and stick them in the closet or pantry instead. Why? Because if the first time they try them is after the crap hits the fan, they’ll be too shaken to call and complain about the quality.
It’s true. Most long-term storage food is made with the cheapest possible ingredients with limited taste and even less nutritional value. This is why they tout calories so much. Sure, they provide calories but does anyone really want to go into the apocalypse with food their family can’t stand?
This is what prompted the Llewellyns to launch Heaven’s Harvest. They bought survival food from multiple companies and determined they couldn’t imagine being stuck in an extended emergency with such low-quality food. They quickly discovered that freeze drying food for long-term storage doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor, consistency, or nutrition.
Their ingredients are all-American. In fact, they’re locally sourced and all-natural! This allows their products to be the highest quality on the market, so good that their customers often break open a bag in a pinch to eat because they want to, not just because they have to due to an emergency.
At Heaven’s Harvest, their only focus is amazing food. They don’t sell bugout bags, solar chargers, or multitools. They have one mission – feeding Americans in times of crisis.
What they DO offer is the ability for people to thrive in times of greatest need. On top of long-term storage food, they offer seeds to help Americans for the truly long-term. They want them to grow their own food if possible which is why they offer only Heirloom, Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, Open-Pollinated seeds so their customers can build permanent food security on their own property.
