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Tales From the Sandbox

Staff Writer Matthew Cox and Senior Photographer Rob Curtis are covering Army forces in Iraq.
Sweet but deadly
Posted by Matthew on January 29th, 2008 filed in January

Hot cocoa – it goes perfect with skiing, sleigh rides and snowball fights.

But here in Iraq, it’s becoming a favorite ingredient of enemy bomb makers.

As silly as it sounds, Army intelligence officials here say U.S. forces have found several weapon’s caches containing large bags of cocoa powder along with different bomb-making materials. Apparently when mixed with ammonium nitrate, cocoa powder produces a more spectacular, sensational explosion.

Wow. I guess too much chocolate can kill you.

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