Terrorist attack against French oil tanker in Yemen

[KMurphy]

If we all just ignore the terrorists, maybe they will lose interest and go away.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: Zakath15
BBC

misleading to have the picture of the USS Cole up top. :|

no! the BBC is never misleading! its always truthful and accurate, unlike cnn, fox, msnbc, abc, cnbc, nyt, washington post, or any other news source!

They have a picture of the Limburg now. And the USS Cole picture is clearly labeled as such: "The USS Cole attack was blamed on al-qaeda" cannot be misleading unless you are illiterate.

Don't overestimate the conspiracy freaks

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: KMurphy
If we all just ignore the terrorists, maybe they will lose interest and go away.

So this was a terrorist attack for sure?

 

[KMurphy]

The oil in that tanker was deliberately ignited for sure. It was either terrorism or a disgruntled shipmate. I'm leaning on terrorism because it is known fact that oil shipment would be their next target. That's all right though; as the cost of oil increases, so does my paycheck.

 

[bsobel]

despite this being an attack on the French

We'll all learn more over the next few days/weeks but I strongly suspect this wasn't an attack on the French (probably just a good target sailing by) as much as an attempt to disrupt the economy and keep us all busy protecting the tankers. Figure if they can pull this stunt off a couple more times, crude prices shoot up pretty high and we spend 12 month tying up part of the fleet 'escorting' again...

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: Zakath15
BBC

misleading to have the picture of the USS Cole up top. :|

no! the BBC is never misleading! its always truthful and accurate, unlike cnn, fox, msnbc, abc, cnbc, nyt, washington post, or any other news source!

They have a picture of the Limburg now. And the USS Cole picture is clearly labeled as such: "The USS Cole attack was blamed on al-qaeda" cannot be misleading unless you are illiterate.

When you have a story about a ship being bombed and then put a picture of another ship just to fill space, its misleading. It's probably not a big deal to anyone but myself but it was misleading.

 

[0roo0roo]

a righteous attack cuz u know.. sea creatures are non-muslim heathens!!

let the winged and finned infidels suffer Allahs oily wrath!!

 

[kherman]

Shouldn't be very hard to make a cover-up story. So if it was a terrorist attack, it will have ZERO effect on the ecomomy.

 

[Kev]

So have they surrendered yet?

 

[prontospyder]

how unfortunate....aren't there some special forces in Yemen to weed out the terrorists?

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Some wackos

It's always wackos. Keep believing everything they tell you.

 

[JellyBaby]

It looks like they still don't know

The Yemeni Government - which has launched its own inquiry - says the blast was an accident caused by an oil leak, but the ship's owner describes it as a "deliberate act".

 

[KMurphy]

France has put its diplomatic outposts in the Persian Gulf on alert after evidence shows an oil tanker explosion off Yemen was a terrorist act.

 

[JellyBaby]

French inspectors found TNT residue, fibreglass and small marine engine parts in the wreckage of the Limburg

Definite terrorist act.

The pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Thursday that it received a statement from a militant Muslim group, the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, claiming it carried out the explosion to avenge the execution of one of its leaders for the 1998 kidnapping of 16 Western tourists.

Where is the French supercarrier?