Container Ship Carrying U.S. Arms to FSA Rebels in Syria “Splits an’ Sinks”

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[WKUHilltopper]

Whatever happened to that “avoid foreign entanglements” advice?

[freepersup]

I think Laz is having a little fun with us on a lazy Sunday afternoon. ;o)

[DManA]

The video said it was one of the 3 longest ships in the world.

[tanknetter]

This has been debunked on a number of shipping/naval forums. Here's the crux:

It wasn't heading to the Middle East. It was heading TO Singapore, FROM the Middle East (reference here

The ship didn't sink. It split in half from the keel up, but both pieces retained water-tight integrity and salvage operations are underway.

The ship was apparently built with a new type of high-strength steel. Speculation is that the steel was especially rigid for an aircraft-carrier sized vessel with a relatively high center of gravity but still built to commercial and not military standards (especially when it comes to compartmentalization). The ship hit heavy weather and wasn't able to flex properly given the waves it was encountering, so the hull failed (thankfully along a bulkhead)

[tanknetter]

Thanks Jeff - didn’t see your post until after I posted mine.

[WKUHilltopper]

LOL!! You both beat me to the punch! I was gonna say the say thing. Those canoes—sure are dangerous!

[TBall]

Must have been some loose lips out there. Seriously though I still think it was the center fuel tank.

[TBall]

Must have been some loose lips out there. Seriously though I still think it was the center fuel tank.

[SJackson]

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[dagogo redux]

Next shipment, let’s include the 1.6 billion rounds of hollow point ammo the Feds bought. It was for the WOT, so I’m sure it was to be used against Muslims.

[GreatRoad]

Winner!

[barmag25]

not American flagged.

[21twelve]

I hope it was some of our guys, getting more and more disgusted with every crate they loaded into every container. “Hey Bob, if I set this timer for 72 hours, where do you think that will put it?”

[LachlanMinnesota]

The proof of the premise being what, exactly?

[barmag25]

I don’t think weapons were being transported this way. This would not be the way the US would send weapons anywhere.

[sten]

here I am happy for the news that an American military equipment shipment got scuttled

we’re definitely living in bizarro world

[smokingfrog]

Good one!

[Clyde5445]

Boy Laz you sure know how to hook them. What kind of hooks do you use Eagle Claw.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My first thought, too. What evidence is there that it was carrying arms. how did it get there so soon, what was it doing in the Indian Ocean. Some ship broke up and sank, at some time, that’s all we know for sure.

[Maine Mariner]

And that is one of the theories to explain why the Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975-fully loaded with
iron ore.