[Qwinn]

You're all acting like the source has to be from outside - rafts with explosives and stuff like that.

Is everyone forgetting the Cole?

It's called sabotage. Someone on the inside with access to the ship. Possibly on the standing crew.

That's of course assuming there's any truth to this, which frankly if it -had been- true is no longer. I have no doubt Kitty Hawk is getting strip-searched as we speak and any sabotage will be uncovered and defused. (Not that the U.S. military necessarily considers this a reliable source, but they're not going to just ignore it, regardless of where it comes from)

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[Qwinn]

Never mind my comment about the Cole... I was misremembering it.

But my other statements stand - with a target like this, I would expect either a sabotage attempt, or an attack during refueling (as in the bombing of the Cole).

By the way, was doing a little research and found this about the Cole, good news, very interesting and didn't see a thread about it even though it's over a week old. Made it's own thread.

USS Cole Bomb Suspects Recaptured

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3550311.stm


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[CurlyDave]

It's called sabotage. Someone on the inside with access to the ship. Possibly on the standing crew.

This was my first thought also. The carrier has more than enough weaponry on board for its own complete destruction. Somehow get an alternate fuse onto even one bomb in a magazine and the whole thing goes up.

I would pay extra attention to any muslims in the crew.