Thanks for the info.
>> If they had plans to attack, I'm starting to think they were intercepted. <<
I hope you are correct, but I'd continue to stay alert.
I'll ping you if anythings happens around here (Northern Va. area).
Stay Safe.
I haven't even seen one article mention or speculate if any of these ships have mobile labs.
Full article here:
http://www.amo-union.org/Newspaper/Morgue/1-2002/Sections/News/terrorist.htm (snip)
"We warned two months ago that ships could be used to transport explosives, terrorists, or worse," said ITF General Secretary David Cockroft. "I am sure that most, if not all, of these vessels will be flying flags of convenience."
Cockroft continued: "Corruption and lack of accountability are endemic in the FOC system, which is built on two pillars: no questions asked of shipowners and no questions answered to anyone else. When a ship is registered with one of these flags, a curtain of secrecy descends--as valuable if you're a terrorist as if you're a money launderer, someone who wants to sink a ship for insurance, or work its crew half to death before abandoning them unpaid in a foreign port.
"As long as governments and the United Nations turn a blind eye to the way FOCs allow criminals to operate anonymously, ships will be used to transport everything from drugs and illegal immigrants to the supplies used by the al-Qaeda men who blew up the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania."
In a related development, the London-based Lloyd's List reported Dec. 12 that "a businessman with links to Turkey" has helped arrange financing from German sources for al-Qaeda's shipping operations.
(snip)