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16 pirates died after handling substance on captured Iranian ship
World Tribune ^
| 22 Oct 08
| Unknown
Posted on 10/23/2008 3:47:03 PM PDT by LSUfan
LONDON An Iranian ship captured by Somali pirates carried sealed containers of a powdery substance believed to be nuclear or chemical weapons agents.
Western intelligence agencies have been monitoring the capture of the Iran Deyanat, seized by Somali pirates on Aug. 21. The cargo ship, owned and operated by the state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, or IRISL, contains sealed cargo thought to be linked to the death of 16 pirates.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bioterrorism; chemicalweapons; iran; irandeyanat; jihad; maritime; nucleariran; somalipirates; terrorism; wmd; yomkippur
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This is a significant story that the mainstream media appears to be striving to ignore.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:47:03 PM PDT
by
LSUfan
To: LSUfan
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:47:51 PM PDT
by
Elpasser
To: LSUfan
I would venture to suggest that some overflying plane seeded something above the plane one night that had this effect. Maybe even some secret chemical technology that had an antidote that was given later to the hostages. Secret so no one is talking about it.
To: LSUfan
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:50:03 PM PDT
by
steveo
(Don't be a Sarahphobe!)
To: LSUfan
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:50:12 PM PDT
by
BGHater
(The GOP, the new DNC.)
To: LSUfan
I wonder where the target of this cargo was..
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:50:25 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: LSUfan
YAAARRGGHH!! Dis calls for me bottle of me finest Ayatollah rum!
To: LSUfan
To: LSUfan
It appears that the Somali pirates may very well have saved Israel from a dirty bomb attack. Someday we may even find that the CIA and/or Mossad had a hand in it as well.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:50:59 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(Someday it'll all make sense.............maybe.)
To: Elpasser
would have made an interesting boom in an Israeli port...thank God for muslim pirates...
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:51:41 PM PDT
by
stefanbatory
(Do you want a President or a King?)
To: LSUfan
Hijacked Iranian Ship Was A Dirty Bomb Meant For Israel On Yom Kippur
The ship has since been released and story found here.
Hijacked Iranian Ship was a Dirty Bomb Meant for Israel on Yom Kippur
(שִׁירָת דְּבורָה)
On August 21st, 2008, the MV Iran Deyant, 44,458 dead weight bulk carrier was heading towards the Suez Canal. As it was passing the Horn of Africa, about 80 miles southeast of al-Makalla in Yemen, the ship was surrounded by speedboats filled with members of a gang of Somalian pirates who grab suitable commercial ships and hold them and their cargos and crews for ransom. The captain was defenseless against the 40 pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades blocking his passage. He had little choice other than to turn his ship over to them. What the pirates were not banking on, however, was that this was no ordinary ship.
More at the link.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:52:18 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
To: All
I’m having a SCHADENFREUDE kind of moment right now!
To: LSUfan
Western intelligence agencies ben monitorin’ th’ capture o’ th’ Iran Deyanat, seized by Somali swashbucklers on Aug. 21. Th’ cargo ship, owned an’ operated by th’ state-owned Islamic Republic o’ Iran Shippin’ Lines, or IRISL, contains sealed cargo thought t’ be linked t’ th’ Davy Jones’ locker o’ 16 swashbucklers.
http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:53:25 PM PDT
by
Principled
(They used the CRA to undermine capitalism. They're using ACORN to undermine democracy.)
To: LSUfan
Oh, dear, dear, dear. Muslims killing Muslims. Don’t they brief each other at the jihad meetings?
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:53:55 PM PDT
by
farmer18th
(George Will: Conservative, as long as the Newsweek People Don't make Fun of Me.)
To: LSUfan
Can we float that ship in pirate waters again and wait to see who boards?
To: LSUfan
What do we know about this news source?
To: LSUfan
They should be leading with this story. This is huge.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:57:14 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Obama on Ayers: "He's just a guy in my neighborhood." LIAR!!!)
To: LSUfan
Within days, the pirates sustained skin burns, lost hair and became critically ill. Soon after, at least 16 pirates died.Not to dash our hopes -- but 40 pirates from a 4th world country could probably manage to do almost as much damage to themselves in the paint department of Home Depot.
(No, NO, NOOOOO! It's paint stripper not booze!)
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:57:18 PM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: steveo
>>baby milk powder...From China.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:57:45 PM PDT
by
Rameumptom
(Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
To: LSUfan
Pardon me if I don’t understand why any ship in those waters goes unarmed. Seems like guys on tall deck shooting down into small boats would have an advantage.
Why is there no protective navy in that region more well equipped than the pirates?
Why not just kill the pirates on sight? Kill em all, heck with em.
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posted on
10/23/2008 3:57:54 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
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