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2003-03-26 Iraq

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Posted by Kerry 2003-03-26 10:44 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Um, isn't a "suicide speedboat" packed with explosives supposed to go "boom" when run aground? Criminy, these guys can't get anything right!

Posted by Steve White 2003-03-26 00:31:52|| 2003-03-26 00:31:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran joins the coalition! Or at least the target practice.

Posted by B. 2003-03-26 00:33:27|| 2003-03-26 00:33:27|| Front Page Top

#3 After the missile attack a couple days ago, the Iranians couldn't be sure of that boat's intentions. It seems to me they have an oil terminal near the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab.

Posted by Dishman 2003-03-26 00:47:02|| 2003-03-26 00:47:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Embedded reporter with BBC on these speedboats
USS Mobile :: Brian Barron :: 0916GMT

It's a bit of a roaring sea out here in the Gulf at the moment and the ship is tilting acutely at times. There is also a rolling fog now which will hinder flying from this and the other carriers around me.
The Iraqi navy, in the sense of a real navy, no longer exists. Under sanctions it was never allowed to build itself up. They did build up about 100 hyper speedboats which have operated from ports like Umm Qasr.
It is understood that the crews of these speedboats are missing and that coalition vessels have to be alert to suicide attacks in the waters off the Al Faw peninsula.

Posted by Kerry 2003-03-26 05:45:18|| 2003-03-26 05:45:18|| Front Page Top

#5 RE: BBC imbedded reporter in Kerry's comments
It's a bit of a roaring sea out here in the Gulf at the moment and the ship is tilting acutely at times.

Now there is an old sea dog for ye. Don Quixote tilted at windmills, while ships PITCH and ROLL.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-26 10:30:43|| 2003-03-26 10:30:43|| Front Page Top

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