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2008-06-16 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#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|| 2008-06-16 01:48|| Front Page Top

#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">DarthVader 2008-06-16 09:42|| 2008-06-16 09:42|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-06-16 11:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-06-16 11:32|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-06-16 12:20|| Front Page Top

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