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’Boat attack’ on Basra oil terminal | |
2004-04-24 | |
Newsflash - no link. No indication yet of what form this took, minor or not, but anything of this nature would probably be Al Qaeda... From Reuters... Suicide bombers launched two boat attacks on Iraq's vital Basra offshore oil terminal on Saturday, Iraqi officials said, but the British military said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. One boat exploded alongside a ship tied up at the terminal, said British military spokesman Major Ian Clooey. A second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition ship as it approached an exclusion zone around the terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded, he said.
FOLLOWUP: Fox News says Brits report three boats were involved, but that there's no damage to the facility. | |
Posted by:Lux |
#3 "Qaeda don't surf!" |
Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2004-04-24 9:52:51 PM |
#2 Does Osama surf? |
Posted by: Baltic Blog 2004-04-24 2:21:39 PM |
#1 Reuters : At least one boat has attacked Iraq's main oil terminal offshore in the Gulf, a British military spokesman says. Asked about an unconfirmed report that two boats exploded at the Basra terminal in suicide attacks, Major Ian Clooey told Reuters on Saturday: "We are just getting reports that there has been an incident at the Basra offshore terminal. There are no firm details yet but we know of at least one vessel involved." |
Posted by: Lux 2004-04-24 2:03:24 PM |