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| U.S. Seizes Boat With Links to al-Qaida |
| 2003-12-19 |
| EFFun WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Navy has seized a boat in the Persian Gulf carrying two tons of hashish and four No motorcycles? The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur intercepted the boat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. On board were two tons of drugs worth an estimated $8 million to $10 million and 12 people, four of whom have suspected ties to al-Qaida, the statement said. The other eight were just eating humas and pita bread like fiends. The boat, a wooden vessel known as a dhow, was near the Straits of Hormuz, the narrow part of the gulf between Iran and Oman, the statement said. The area is a known smuggling route used by Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network, the statement said. The Al-Q Navy: A fleet of dhows. American forces searching the boat found 54 70-pound bags of hashish, the statement said. The investigation which followed found clear ties between the drugs and al-Qaida, the military said. A lot of the peeps over at the democraticunderground will be sorely disappointed. The Decatur is part of a U.S. Navy force including the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #3 The Dao of Osama? |
| Posted by: AnonymousCoward 2003-12-19 3:37:59 PM |
| #2 The Al-Q Navy: A fleet of dhows. More like "D'oh"ws! I hope they don't make a hash out of the arrests... (rimshot) |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-12-19 1:32:05 PM |
| #1 "I dunno, Chief. You sure there were 54 bags? 50 seems like a nice round number, y'know?..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-12-19 12:48:43 PM |