Oct. 30, 2003
South Korea tipped off about al Qaeda ship
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031030/80/ecknk.html We have been investigating the ship on the suspicion that members of al Qaeda may try to enter South Korea but we couldn't find any evidence to prove the suspicion," the official said.
"The authority decided not to allow the crew to leave the ship and we will strengthen port security in case some al Qaeda member tries to do something terrible."
The newspaper named the ship as the Athena, sailing from New Zealand.