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Explosive Powder Found on Chinese Ship
Fox News ^ | 11/8/2006 | FoxNews

Posted on 11/08/2006 12:34:29 PM PST by PissAndVinegar

BATAM, Indonesia — Indonesian troops found detonators and 63 tons of explosive powder on a Chinese ship anchored off Batam island after it broke down in the Malacca Strait, a local police chief said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; explosives; indonesia; yemen
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Found this buried on the Fox news site. Interesting to say the least...I'd like to know what the documented destination for that ship was
1 posted on 11/08/2006 12:34:32 PM PST by PissAndVinegar
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To: PissAndVinegar

Fireworks?


2 posted on 11/08/2006 12:35:20 PM PST by Egon (I stand beside you as your partner, in front as your defender, behind as... hey! nice butt!)
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To: PissAndVinegar

Yemen, as per the article.


3 posted on 11/08/2006 12:35:28 PM PST by linear (Taxonomy is a willing and pliant mistress but Reality waits at home, sharpening her knife.)
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To: Egon

63 tons of lady fingers?


4 posted on 11/08/2006 12:37:02 PM PST by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: PissAndVinegar

What does Nancy Pelosi suggest we do?


5 posted on 11/08/2006 12:37:28 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Was George Allen alerted to the action in the Macacca Straight?


6 posted on 11/08/2006 12:38:44 PM PST by Loyolas Mattman
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To: PissAndVinegar

guess their still working to repair that train line...


7 posted on 11/08/2006 12:39:23 PM PST by Doogle (USAF 68-73...."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
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To: PissAndVinegar

Thailand?


8 posted on 11/08/2006 12:39:35 PM PST by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: linear

ugh - missed that.

No worries then, the Yemeni's all love Americans! /sarc


9 posted on 11/08/2006 12:39:59 PM PST by PissAndVinegar
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To: Loyolas Mattman

Beat me to it! ;-)


10 posted on 11/08/2006 12:40:34 PM PST by RedCell ("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
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To: gaijin

Fix the ship and get it under way again. What did you think she wanted? The USA to blow it up and sink it? That is so Bushie.


11 posted on 11/08/2006 12:41:09 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Time to eradicated islambs and mooselimbs! GO PTSC)
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To: PissAndVinegar

Yes, I'm sure it is just for excavation on the new Baby Milk Factory.


12 posted on 11/08/2006 12:41:10 PM PST by linear (Taxonomy is a willing and pliant mistress but Reality waits at home, sharpening her knife.)
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To: gaijin
What does Nancy Pelosi suggest we do?

Cut our heads off and run around in a circle.

13 posted on 11/08/2006 12:42:10 PM PST by John123 (As a tribute to Red, I will light a cigar for every game the Celtics win this season...)
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To: linear

An "industrial accident" would be a happy catastrophe for this shipment.


14 posted on 11/08/2006 12:43:05 PM PST by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: PissAndVinegar

Chinese Five Spice Powder?

15 posted on 11/08/2006 12:44:58 PM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: PissAndVinegar

do fireworks use detonators?


16 posted on 11/08/2006 12:46:55 PM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: Egon

uh huh, Yemen being a Huge producer of fireworks....


17 posted on 11/08/2006 12:51:36 PM PST by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: Loyolas Mattman
I see your Straight and raise my Yellow Sea!

That new book by the immenent Dimbulb author, "The Yellow River" by I.P. Dailey

18 posted on 11/08/2006 1:10:53 PM PST by Young Werther
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To: PissAndVinegar

Components for making IED's?


19 posted on 11/08/2006 1:16:21 PM PST by mallardx
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To: PissAndVinegar

Did they find Jack Bauer????


20 posted on 11/08/2006 1:24:54 PM PST by HomersNose
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