[freeperfromnj]

Navy: Ship, Small Boat Collide in Gulf

Friday July 23, 2004 11:16 AM

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - The USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier collided with a dhow in the Arabian Gulf while running night flights in support of U.S. operations in Iraq, the Navy said Friday. The crew of the small boat was missing........

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4342628,00.html

[HipShot]

From the "troglodyte" Dept:

Broken water main snarls traffic

Witnesses told authorities a manhole cover was blown into the air about 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of 10th Street, Louise Avenue and Central Avenue. At the height of the emergency water shot about 20 feet into the air.

charlotte.com

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Mobile phones used in N.Y. on 9/11 see duty in Salem

They will be removed as early as this morning if Verizon technicians are able to finish repairing cables damaged Monday by a fire in a manhole at East Main Street and Brand Avenue in Salem.

roanoke.com

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Boston security forces taking no chances for convention

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - They're sealing the manhole covers near Boston's Fleet Center, the site of next week's Democratic National Convention.

philly.com

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Police receive calls about manhole cover

Late yesterday afternoon at about 5:30 p.m., Natick Police received numerous calls from residents that the same manhole cover had been lifted out of the ground again.
Natick Police Sgt. Brian Grassey said it appeared the cover had not been placed properly back into its spot, and was lifted by a passing vehicle.
"There's been a lot of people going in and out of it the last couple of days," Grassey said.

Metro West Daily

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NStar comes under legislative scrutiny after manhole accident

NATICK -- The House committee that regulates utilities will investigate NStar's maintenance and budget records after a series of dangerous incidents including Tuesday's manhole cover explosion that critically injured a Holliston teen.

Metro West Daily

[nw_arizona_granny]

Heavy thinking and too early in the morning.

My first thought on the JFK colliding with the dhow , is of the Kitty Hawk and all our research on it.

In our posts #2103 and 2104 yesterday, it was reported that 2 bombs were dropped by planes from this ship, dropped on rebel targets in Iraq.

Tonight as new flights were leaving, a dhow tries to hit them. Hard to buy.

Wednesday night, the guest on Mark Edwards Radio (KDWN)show was a Merchant Marine, who guests with Mark when his ship is in,
he was saying that the the terrorists navy is 200 to 300 ships, he said it included dhows and also all types of ships. He also mentioned cargo ships.

I have listened to the guest before, he knows and tells it as he sees it on his trips. He is Coast Guard trained and is whatever it is that is 2nd to the captain of his ship.

He also talked about the pirates.

Most of what I heard, we already knew here.....Thanks for sharing.

I didn't think that they would take a dhow against a carrier, looks like I was wrong.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> The USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier collided with a dhow in the Arabian Gulf while running night flights in support of U.S. operations in Iraq <<

Disturbing. How'd that boat get that close to one of our carriers. Thanks for the info. Is there any follow up?

[Cindy]

Thank you FReeper from NJ.

[Cindy]

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