Boat Attacks Iraq's Main Oil Terminal -UK Military

Reuters ^ | April 24, 2004

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BASRA (Reuters) - At least one boat attacked Iraq's main oil terminal offshore in the Gulf on Saturday, a British military spokesman said. Asked about an unconfirmed report that two boats exploded at the Basra terminal in suicide attacks, Major Ian Clooey told Reuters: "We are just getting reports that there has been an incident at the Basra offshore terminal. There are no firm details yet but we know of at least one vessel involved."

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Being reported on Fox now,

Prairie

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Trying again with THIS LINK

[OneTimeLurker]

I would bet that's one of the most heavily fortified and heavily defended structures in Iraq.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I hope the terrorpigs were blown out of the water and no actual people were hurt.

[OXENinFLA]

These terrorists are going to just this up until they are destroyed.

I hate to think of what that 30tons of TNT, that was just found in Basra the other day, would have gone to.

[knak]

Boat explodes near Basra oil terminal

Sat 24 April, 2004 19:41

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A boat has exploded alongside a ship tied up at Basra's offshore oil terminal, but there are no immediate reports of damage, a British military spokesman says.

Major Ian Clooey told Reuters on Saturday a second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition vessel as it approached the exclusion zone around Iraq's main oil terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded.

Clooey said he had not received reports of casualties in the second explosion.

Iraqi authorities shut down the Basra offshore oil terminal after the attack, officials at the Southern Oil Company said.

At least two boats commanded by suicide attackers targeted the vital terminal, through which most of Iraqi oil exports flow, the officials said, adding that the extent of damage to the terminal was not immediately known.

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just this up

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just keep this up

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exploded alongside a ship tied up at Basra's offshore oil terminal

I wonder how close?

[OXENinFLA]

FOX is saying it was 7 miles off shore.

[TexKat]

Suicide Boat Bombers Attack Key Iraq Oil Terminal

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Suicide bombers launched two boat attacks on Iraq's vital Basra offshore oil terminal on Saturday, Iraqi officials said, but the British military said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

One boat exploded alongside a ship tied up at the terminal, said British military spokesman Major Ian Clooey.

A second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition ship as it approached an exclusion zone around the terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded, he said.

Iraq is almost completely dependent on the terminal to export around 1.9 million barrels per day, providing badly needed state funding.

Officials at Iraq's Southern Oil Company said the terminal had been shut down.

At least two boats were used by suicide attackers targeting the terminal, the officials said.

They said the extent of any damage to the terminal was not immediately known.

[Dog]

Major Ian Clooey told Reuters on Saturday a second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition vessel as it approached the exclusion zone around Iraq's main oil terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded.

Prayers for the boarding party..

BTW....this attack is right out of the Al Qaeda playbook.

[OXENinFLA]

That should be 7 miles from the Iran/Iraq border, not off shore.

[Gucho]

"this attack is right out of the Al Qaeda playbook".

Yep, clever and the same old sleazy slime balls.

[Arkinsaw]

Major Ian Clooey told Reuters on Saturday a second boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition vessel as it approached the exclusion zone around Iraq's main oil terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded.

We shouldn't forget that our Coast Guard folks are also in harms way.

[OXENinFLA]

That doesn't sound good.

[Shermy]

Which means the southern land pipelines must be well protected. Therefore Iran, oops, I mean "Al Qaeda," redirected some jihadi dupes from its shores to attack the terminus.

Just another day in the Global Jihad/Oil Pricing War.

[Dog]

They are trying to shut the Iraqi money flow down now. 1.9 million barrels a day flow out of this terminal...that is alot of change.

[Dog]

Shermy .....they must have tracked the second boat as it was inbound.....they were able to stop it.....I bet we already know where it came from.

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MSNBC says that there were 3 boats, 2 that attacked tankers, one that was boarded and then exploded.

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