[henbane]

Let's see: eyewitnesses saw the terror-boat plow into the tanker; the hole is right at the waterline; the hole makes a big dent going into hull; pieces of the fibreglas terror-boat picked up at the scene; a terrorist group has claimed responsibility--

But article ends with:

NO CONCLUSIONS YET
Saeed Yafaei, Yemen’s minister of sea transport, said “the door is open to all possibilities” about the cause of the explosion — a view echoed by U.S. and French authorities.
The United States has sent a team of Navy investigators, but White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Thursday that “We don’t have any conclusions yet.”

What the hell is THAT all about?

[Bobby777]

they're still checking to see if Lee Harvey Oswald's bullet went through JFK, through the Governor, richocheted off his wrist, did the hokey-pokey, jumped through a time-warp, hit TWA800, sketched out a 5-year plan, flew halfway across the globe, attacked the USS Cole, stopped for a cool drink in a Yemenese cafe for 2 years, THEN plowed into the side of the unfortunate tanker ...

after all, it's only Yemen; we wouldn't want to blame Islamic terrorists prematurely ... next thing you know, we'll be profiling ...