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Boats worth $1 million stolen from Upland storage facility
San Bernadino Sun Daily Bulletin ^ | 9/3/2014 | Doug Saunders

Posted on 09/05/2014 11:17:57 AM PDT by Pajamajan

Upland>> Three boats worth $1 dollars are missing

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: boats
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This is from a two day old article, but I didn't see it posted anywhere on FR.

What is a little unsettling about this, is that the stolen items are very powerful speed-type boats (click on link to see a photo of one of them).

I recall reading something, a few years ago, about terrorists having a plan to launch an attack on one or more of our major ports using this type of boat.

Maybe this is nothing, but just thought I'd post it FYI.

1 posted on 09/05/2014 11:17:57 AM PDT by Pajamajan
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To: Pajamajan

Ye olde cigarette boats.

Not a highly effective choice for an attack craft, I’d think.

Not much payload.


2 posted on 09/05/2014 11:24:20 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: Pajamajan

Boats are a maintenance nightmare. They’re going to have a tough time keeping them running without constant attention to the mechanicals. That’s just the nature of boats, and the larger they are the more maintenance they require.


3 posted on 09/05/2014 11:24:33 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Pajamajan
I don't remember the movie, but I think it was Joe Pesci who upon hearing that a guy got pulled over for speeding while carrying a kidnap victim in the trunk:

"Never do nothin illegal when you're doin somethin illegal."

I would think the terrorists are financed well enough that they would buy a boat, not steal one.

4 posted on 09/05/2014 11:25:05 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village)
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To: Pajamajan

Stolen to what purpose? Kinda tough to re-sell. Ship them out of the country maybe?


5 posted on 09/05/2014 11:25:16 AM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Starboard

If you’re only gonna use it one time for some nefarious deed, maintaining it isn’t an issue. Hmmmm. Do you suppose any of those al queda types know how to operate a boat?


6 posted on 09/05/2014 11:27:02 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Pajamajan
Likely targets are airports close to the ocean or large bodies of water: LAX, SFO, SAN.

LGB is a little further inland, as I recall, but still might be close enough. The docks might make a more attractive target.

7 posted on 09/05/2014 11:27:26 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Pajamajan

More likely somebody wants to sell stolen boats.


8 posted on 09/05/2014 11:28:22 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Pajamajan

Not terrorists, but drug runners.


9 posted on 09/05/2014 11:29:36 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Terrorist attack, bingo.

Remember the illegals storming the beach in SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA a couple weeks ago?

Now, spread a group of Jihadists among 3 extremely fast boats and.. VOILA!!

10 posted on 09/05/2014 11:29:56 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Starboard

A hole in the water you throw money into.


11 posted on 09/05/2014 11:30:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
5 terrorists per boat quickly entering a beach city mall or whatever..


12 posted on 09/05/2014 11:31:48 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Pajamajan

When I heard about this, I asked (myself), “it never occurred to these idiots to LoJack their quarter-million dollar boat on a trailer???”

I had LoJack on my $25K car for goodnesssake...


13 posted on 09/05/2014 11:33:07 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
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To: umgud
"Kinda tough to re-sell"

That's what I was thinking too. It would be very difficult to get them out of the country- so why steal them? Just seems odd to me.

14 posted on 09/05/2014 11:33:32 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: cripplecreek

My boat is on a trailer and I am throwing a lot more money into it than if it were on the water.


15 posted on 09/05/2014 11:35:26 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Pajamajan; doug from upland

Dougie, have you been a bad boy?......................


17 posted on 09/05/2014 11:37:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Cold Heart

Mine is an aluminum rowboat and it doesn’t cost me a dime leaning against the woodpile.


18 posted on 09/05/2014 11:37:31 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Pajamajan

Probably to part them out. Some of these thieves are really just dumb meth heads.

Look at those two yahoos that stole those three Tillamook Cheese VW buses.


19 posted on 09/05/2014 11:38:00 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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Some smugglers will be very happy to run these from Mexico either to a lonely beach or to an off-shore rendezvous.


20 posted on 09/05/2014 11:38:35 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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