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2008-09-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

more info on mysterious cargo of hijacked Iranian ship.

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Posted by 3dc 2008-09-23 08:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I say we bag the ship. That's what we have special ops teams for. It could be anything, HEU, Ricin, VX, who knows.

Posted by Flaimble de Medici8209 2008-09-23 09:21|| 2008-09-23 09:21|| Front Page Top

#2 "Somalia pirates"... trained at NSWTC Coronado?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-23 09:28|| 2008-09-23 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd never heard of insurgents wanting chemical weapons before. Seems like the kind of thing terrorists might want but insurgents?

If the ship set out from China isn't it strange the Chinese have had nothing to say so far? They must have clean hands or something on this one despite their support for Sudanese thugs nearby.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-23 10:15|| 2008-09-23 10:15|| Front Page Top

#4 China? Maybe it's their new baby formula?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-23 10:17|| 2008-09-23 10:17|| Front Page Top

#5 where it would unload 42,500 tons of iron ore and "industrial products" purchased by a German client.

The German customer sounds interesting.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-23 12:16|| 2008-09-23 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 I've only heard of one thing that can burn you and make your hair fall out just from opening the door and looking at it. It was a shipping container in the middle of Siberia that a couple of hunters found a few years ago. They opened the door to see what was in it and found white ceramic discs. Turned out to be very high level nuclear waste, dumped by a sky crane, in the middle of the Siberian forest. The hunters made it home, but died very shortly after, from similar symptoms; burns and hair loss.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-23 12:18|| 2008-09-23 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 The Arc of the Covenant!

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-23 13:13|| 2008-09-23 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Iran has the capability to make lots of dangerious WMDs, but most WMDs could be delivered in an aircraft for use later or sooner.

China has sophisticated chemical and bio engineering capability, they too wouldn't have to use an old Rust Bucket to deliver the Goods.

Bingo I likum tu's idea!

#4 China? Maybe it's ~~their~~ 42,500 tons of new baby milk formula?

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2008-09-23 13:54|| 2008-09-23 13:54|| Front Page Top

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