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Mystery ship 'could have been carrying arms, nukes'
Reuters ^
| Aug 20, 2009
| Unknown
Posted on 08/20/2009 4:07:52 AM PDT by decimon
The hijackers of a cargo ship that disappeared off the coast of France threatened to blow it up if their ransom demands were not met, Russian news agencies said.
Russia has arrested eight people on suspicion of hijacking the Arctic Sea off the Swedish coast and sailing it to the Atlantic Ocean, ending weeks of silence about the fate of a ship which has intrigued European maritime authorities.
Limited information from Russian officials has failed to satisfy sceptics who voiced doubts about whether the piracy actually took place or was a convenient cover story to conceal a possible secret cargo of arms or nuclear material.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algeria; arcticsea; bokoharam; estonia; europeanunion; finland; hijack; hijacking; iran; israel; latvia; malta; maritime; mikhailvoitenko; mossad; mysterycargo; nigerdeltaavengers; nigeria; russia; s300; solchartarkhangelsk; sweden; tarmokouts; waronterror; x500
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:07:53 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Great...Fabulous...
Somebody just had to drop the “N” word...
Now we’ll never know he truth...
To: stevie_d_64
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:15:29 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a Right / To the Service I provide / I must be a Slave)
To: decimon
it only took 40 years, but finally, finally, that song by Blues Image almost makes sense.
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:16:09 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(this slope is getting slippereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...)
To: the invisib1e hand
LOL!! Thanks, pal. Now I can't get that song out of my head. It's going to be a long day...
"Seventy-three men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay
Rolled off of their ship, and here's what they had to say
"We're callin' everyone to ride along to another shore
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more"...
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:41:43 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo.)
To: decimon
Hell, it could have been carrying Santa Clause's elves on a vacation cruise.
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:49:11 AM PDT
by
Grut
To: the invisib1e hand
it only took 40 years, but finally, finally, that song by Blues Image almost makes sense. You're getting closer to your home.
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posted on
08/20/2009 4:59:14 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
....so far...so far...
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:14:05 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: the invisib1e hand; PowderMonkey
Jeez...40 yrs and that song came to mind as soon as I read your words...my my my...
"Where are those flashbacks they promised us?"
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:16:21 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: decimon
You’ve been watching too much 24.
:^)
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:18:34 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(We have the right to debate and disagree with any administration - Hillary Clinton)
To: Tainan
great pics on your FR page.
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:25:33 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(this slope is getting slippereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...)
To: decimon
Russia Plays Hardball With America August 10, 2009 | From theTrumpet.com Two Russian subs sighted off Americas East Coast serve as a reminder of just how Russia views the current U.S. administration..... http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=6399.4880.0.0
OK: Let's play connect the dots. Russian ship with nukes temporarily disappears in N Atlantic while a pair of Russian attack subs run cover in W Atlantic.
Meanwhile: Political recriminations distracting spy agency: CIA chief (AFP) Aug 1, 2009 WASHINGTON CIA director Leon Panetta warned in an article published Saturday that the country's premier intelligence agency has been hurt by a climate of recriminations in Congress over its past practices.... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxcywBymgxUCbXp4S7EbKYcimAGQ
Conclusion: Love your family, share the news of Grace and salvation; Forgive your enemies as judgement time is very near. Put your faith God not government.
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:25:44 AM PDT
by
Broker
(Reward: $100.00 for the lost book of Islamic Praise Songs.)
To: decimon
The Russian navy found the missing ship on Monday in the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde. The official version of events was questioned by Yulia Latynina, a leading Russian opposition journalist and commentator.
"The Arctic Sea was carrying something, not timber and not from Finland, that necessitated some major work on the ship," she wrote in the Moscow Times newspaper on Wednesday.
During two weeks of repair works in the Russian port of Kaliningrad just before the voyage, the ship's bulkhead was dismantled so something very large could be loaded, she wrote.
"To put it plainly: The Arctic Sea was carrying some sort of anti-aircraft or nuclear contraption intended for a nice, peaceful country like Syria, and they were caught with it," she said.
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:54:43 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Broker
Okay...EVERYONE posting on this thread (12 on down) is just plain weird.
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:54:49 AM PDT
by
VaBthang4
(He Who Watches over Israel will Neither Slumber nor Sleep.)
To: VaBthang4
Thank you for your insightful discussion..I am a wierdo but your account is Banned.. ZOT
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posted on
08/20/2009 5:59:45 AM PDT
by
Broker
(Reward: $100.00 for the lost book of Islamic Praise Songs.)
To: McGruff
Wonder what will happen this 9-11?
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posted on
08/20/2009 6:40:56 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Broker
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posted on
08/20/2009 7:47:30 AM PDT
by
VaBthang4
(He Who Watches over Israel will Neither Slumber nor Sleep.)
To: decimon; Dog; Shermy; Kenny Bunk; Cindy
CoinkyDinkys are funny.
Ship was missing a couple of weeks before the story broke, at the least.
And NYC had a shipborne WMD threat drill around the same time before the story broke.
Funny, that.
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posted on
08/20/2009 12:50:42 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
(MEAT, the new tobacco. Your right to eat meat ends where my planetary ecosystem begins.)
To: swarthyguy; decimon; Dog; Shermy; Cindy
One tires of your continual cynicism when it comes to our Russki friends, Guy.
The ship is carrying the latest winter fashion designs to Africa and was hijacked by by a gang of Albanian women desperate to look au courant for the fall season in Tirana. If the Russkis had wanted to send nuclear materials to Syria, they would have sent them overland by camel caravan. Much more direct.
Now move along, there's nothing to see here. The hijacked ship has been found by the Russki Navy and all is well.
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posted on
08/20/2009 1:12:30 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Congratulations Obama Voters! You are not prejudiced. Unpatriotic, maybe. Dumb definitely.)
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
08/20/2009 1:50:21 PM PDT
by
Dog
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