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TERROR BOMB SHIP SEIZED (20 explosive tons)-Blair Puts UK On High Terror Alert
London Daily Record ^
| Saturday, December 22, 2001 00:45GMT
| J. Joan
Posted on 12/21/2001 4:01:11 PM PST by codebreaker
Tony Blair put England on high terror alert last night after a cargo ship thought to be carrying 20 tonnes of explosives was seized off the English coast.
The MV Nisha was boarded by Marines and police in the Channel after a warning from MI6 agents in the Middle East.
Osama bin Laden is being linked to the suspected plot. Anti terror experts believe he wants to commit mass murder in Britain in a "pre-Christmas spectacular."
It's feared the Nisha's deadly cargo was to be used in a suicide attack on a high profile London target, like Downing Street or Parliament. The ship could take days to search.
The Prime Minister said: "We remain on top-level vigilance throughout these coming weeks. We will not hesitate to invesitgate any potential threat."
Blair said it was too early to tell if the Nisha poised a serious danger. But he added: "It is absolutely essential that we remain totally vigilant."
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Was this the big one that Ashcroft was taking about?
To: codebreaker
UK Special Forces-'This is not a speculative operation'
Ship was loaded in Yemen, to be delivered to downtown London port.
To: codebreaker
for all us novices out there can someone tell us how explosive 20 tons is?
To: codebreaker
Wow.Bet it would have gone for the Docklands, as it has the prestige, plus bodies, to make a spectacular attack;plus, it wouldn't have got that far up the Thames to get to the London Docks.
Send it to France, let in dock in Brest :-)
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:05:36 PM PST
by
habs4ever
To: codebreaker
"Islam is Peace."
To: True Capitalist
The dreaded daisy cutter is 7.5 tons.
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:06:12 PM PST
by
Nov3
To: habs4ever
According to the other article in the London Record there is a 2 month hole in the records of the ship, and Britain has been tracking this operation for some time.
To: habs4ever
How close could they have gotten it to The City.
20 tons,would do a lot.
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:07:42 PM PST
by
tet68
To: codebreaker
Someone mentioned on C-SPAN that the Mossad gave MI6 the heads up on this ship. Why they should bother given the Brits attitude towards Israel lately (or its coddling of rioting illegal Muslim--oh I am sorry--I mean "Asian"--youths) is beyond me.
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:07:50 PM PST
by
montag813
To: Nov3
Good lord, that ship was carrying three times a daisy cutter in downtown London..
To: montag813
Israeli intelligence is the best in the world, normally.
To: codebreaker
WOW...
To: codebreaker
I would imagine "Yemen" has now been moved up a few days in Rummy's day planner.
To: MAdIvan
TERROR BOMB SHIP SEIZED (20 explosive tons)-Blair Puts UK On High Terror AlertI am sure you were always well aware that we are all in this together. I hope they seized all of it.
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12/21/2001 4:09:50 PM PST
by
Mark17
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To: codebreaker
What became of the ship that we supposedly boarded/fired upon? the other day in the where? Indian Ocean? I didn't see any further discussion of this.
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:10:35 PM PST
by
LS
To: Mad Ivan
Ping!
To: tet68;madivan
Bump for opinion.
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posted on
12/21/2001 4:11:31 PM PST
by
tet68
To: montag813
They should've redirected the ship to france.
To: gov_bean_ counter
Osama has used Yemen before for terrorist purposes.
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