[Islander7]

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.

[cyberaxe]

.....karma’s a b!tch.....

[AnAmericanMother]

the MV Iran Deyant, 44,458 dead weight bulk carrier

. . . plus about 1800 pounds dead weight of pirates, more or less . . .

[yazoo]

Seems a little farfetched that the Iranians would put a dirty bomb on one of their own ships and blow it up. First of all, it would have required tons of explosives to launch the powder into the air so it would drift over Israel. Secondly, the Israelies would have been very aware of the presence of this ship and known who was the culprit, particularly if the ship was abandoned before detonation. No doubt there were nuclear materials on board, but more likely to be provided to terrorists groups or to be used to produce nuclear weapons in Iran.

[Diogenesis]

" ....the MV Iran Deyanat is at anchor, watched closely by American, French and Russian naval units.

[Russian sources claim she] was an enormous floating dirty bomb, intended to detonate after exiting the Suez Canal
at the eastern end of the Mediterranean and in proximity to the coastal cities of Israel.
The entire cargo of radioactive sand, obtained by Iran from China
(the latter buys desperately needed oil from the former)
and sealed in containers which, when the charges on the ship are set off after the crew took to the boats,
will be blasted high into the air where prevailing winds will push
the highly dangerous and radioactive cloud ashore. ...."

[Safetgiver]

the ship was surrounded by speedboats filled with members of a gang of Somalian pirates.... I’ll betcha.

[freema]

Pat Dollard link at #11

[DDLL]

Between the two articles the destinations are different.

In the “Death Ship” article, it says that the Russians said it was a floating dirty bomb.

In the Brit article, it says “”It was heading to Eritrea to deliver small arms and chemical weapons to Somalia’s Islamist insurgents,” two U.S. analysts, Nick Grace and Abdiweli Ali, wrote in an analysis. “

“two U.S. analysts” who might not want word to get out?.. guess I’m just a tad jaded these days regarding believeing some of these authorities.

[fightinJAG]

And this is not news in the USA?