Three mystery ships are tracked over suspected 'weapons' cargo

independent.co.uk ^ | 2/19/03

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Geez, it sounds like the Krauts should be under surveillance too!

[VaBthang4]

"And as the article said, if we sank them, they may contaminate the oceans, killing all life, and spreading disease, which may spread to humans."

***DRAMAQUEEN ALERT***

[HAL9000]

???? what port??? this report smells bad to me.

Perhaps Cairo. Then the report goes on to say -

"The ships are thought to have set sail from a country other than Iraq to avoid running the gauntlet of Western naval vessels patrolling the Gulf. Defence experts believe that, if they are carrying weapons of mass destruction, these could have been smuggled out through Syria or Jordan."

[mrmargaritaville]

More like a job for Austin Powers and Foxy Cleopatra-he's smashing baby-yeah!

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

You think these countries don't know we track them? Please.

[Gamecock]

[Domestic Church]

Might this cause tidal waves?

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Exactly how do you know that we didn't pick it up being loaded in the sea? For all you know, we have people working in the factories making the stuff. Remember this isn't a CIA report, it's a newspaper article.

[jerseygirl]

We know that they know that we know.

[Semper911]

You are right about the oceans, hound. This is a calculated news release, designed to let our enemies (and their allies) know that we are watching their every move.

In the early 90's, the catch phrase was "We own the night" because of our superior night vision technology. Now, with superior satellite optics, we own the knowledge of everything that moves. (...and everything that doesn't.)

I want to know more about these goddamned ships, and I want the US media to get on it, now.

[Fabozz]

"We know that they know that we know."

That's just what they want you to think.

[Solamente]

If this isn't a job for our new 2 billion watt cruise missles, I don't know what is. They couldn't dump much overboard without electricity, 'specially at night.

[Int]

If the ship was laden with Iraqi banned weapons how did it get past the patrolled sea embargo against that country?

[glock rocks]

just temporary ones.

i guess we could just be happy they don't port in long beach.

or steam into the hudson.

[Principled]

Actually, its what they think they want you to think you know but they don't know we know... as far as they know we could know, but they don't really know what we know. I know that's how we'd want it, knowing disinformation as I know it...or, how I want you to think I know it.

[StriperSniper]

And as the article said, if we sank them, they may contaminate the oceans, killing all life, and spreading disease, which may spread to humans.

It would cause nothing but local effects, and unless slowly leaking, not for long. Think about the billions of gallons of nasty stuff that has already been dumped in the oceans as far as chemical. Bio, unless fish can catch Smallpox and Ebola then give it to me when I eat them, no problem. And I think there are already multiple nukes that are down there now.

If it can be captured without too much risk to our guys, go for it, or sink them.

(Besides, I'd like to catch a two-headed fish with only three legs ;-)

[John H K]

Might this cause tidal waves?

The energy of every nuke in the world combined is trivial compared to the energy of your average tsunami-causing earthquake or volcanic collapse.

So no, you can't cause a tsunami with nukes, unless you happened to be RIGHT NEXT to where it went off, and you have plenty of other problems to worry about then. You can't create a noticeable wave over hundreds of miles.

[jerseygirl]

time for me to crack a beer...

[snippy_about_it]

Need to know Ping

[livius]

Thanks for posting that, piasa! I knew I'd seen it somewhere today!