Suspicion lingers around explosives-laden cargo ship

Boston Globe ^ | June 29, 2003 | Helena Smith

[sarcasm]

THENS -- The Baltic Sky looks much like any other freighter moored in the Mediterranean. But unlike other ships in the small western Greece port of Platiyali over the weekend, the 230-foot vessel was being guarded round-the-clock by gun-toting commandos.

[Semper Paratus]

Wish the Globe was as skeptical when Sudan had their aspirin factory bombed.

[boris]

Tow it out to sea and blow it up.

[sarcasm]

I can think of other uses for the explosives.

[csvset]

Tow it out to sea and blow it up.

Sounds good. At any rate, I hope the explosives don't mysteriously "disappear".

[texas booster]

He (30-year-old Irishman Christian McNulty) demanded that we made the detour to Greece.

Perhaps McNulty had just arranged for the shipment of half a million rounds of ammo to his terrorist friends, the ones that were busted just this week crossinbg the border into Greece?

Here is a picture of the modest port of Astakos.

A notation on a "Ports in Greece" website noted that Astakos is primarily used by ferries, but that plans have been made to upgrade the facilities for bulk coal handling.

Here is a map of Greece showing Astakos.