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Caribbean-Latin America
al-Q plot to bomb cruise ship & Wills
2008-06-16
An evil al-Qaeda plot to kill thousands of cruise ship Brits could plunge Prince William into the war on terror.

MI6 has discovered that fanatics planned an horrific attack on a huge holiday liner in the Caribbean. Passengers would be victims as suicide bombers intend to ram the ship in speedboats packed with explosives - or plant saboteurs aboard to trigger an engine room inferno.

Royal Navy frigate Iron Duke - whose 180-strong crew will soon include William, 25 - would be in a prime position to speed to the rescue. The 4,200-ton warship, in the Caribbean to hunt cocaine runners, would run the risk of being caught in follow-up blasts aboard the liner. The Prince has just started two months with the Royal Navy as Sub-Lieutenant Wales after his Army and RAF service.

The plot was uncovered on a jihadist website which British and American security services have been monitoring since early this year.
Thanks for telling everyone ...
Posted by:Nimble Spemble

#5  Difference is that warships are armoured & multi skinned, with the foremost principle being survivability against hull breaches, with regular watertight bulkheads. I wouldnt want to be on board if orcs started popping holes in the side.
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2008-06-16 12:20  

#4  RTWT. al-Q was going to book rooms and have suicide passengers blow charges inside to scuttle the ship.

But I think this is just Fleet Street pipedreaming to get a Wills header.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-06-16 11:32  

#3  This shows how uncreative Al Queda is. I mean this is just the same plan as the Cole but against a target that is less likely to shoot back and the bit about the Prince is just wishful thinking nonsense.

It makes me feel more optimistic about the war if this is the best of their plans.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2008-06-16 11:02  

#2  Dunno if this would work so well. Those ships are huge and the speed boats tiny. The damage done to one destroyer would be a hell of a lot less crippling for a big ocean liner.

Example:
MS Caribbean Princess - 113,000 tons
USS Cole (DDG-67) - 8,885.66 tons

And I don't know where they would find refuge in that area so close to the US. Countries might not like the US, but they know the full thunder would be called down if they let this sort of thing happen and they would lose their cushy banana republics.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-06-16 09:42  

#1  The secret file was found by a taxi driver and turned over to Al-Guardian.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-06-16 01:48  

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