Mansoor Ijaz on Greta Van Suesteren - Al Qaeda Planning on Hijacking Super Tankers!

Fox News - On the Record with Greta Van Susteren ^ | 10 Oct 03 | Mansoor Ijaz

[Alas Babylon!]

Mansoor Ijaz was on Greta's show, he gave a detailed analysis about some very disturbing accounts on the various sea lanes. He mentioned that the Straits of Mollucca, between Singapore, Indonesia, and Maylasia have always been a hotbed of piracy, but recent events have raised alarms. It seems like many ships have been hijacked in the last few months by Islamic radicals but rather than stealing the cargo or kidnapping the crews these terrorists have just wanted to know how to steer the big ships! He compared this to the 9/11 terrorists going to the various flight schools only wanting to know how to fly big jets--not wanting to land them.

Further, he mentioned that in this same area about 12 (?) tug boats have been pirated and have now dissappeared. He is concerned that they could be used to haul or pull a larger ship into position to cause some atrocity in one of our harbors. He also mentioned that several diving experts have been contacted to teach Islamicists on how to swim unnoticed underwater. Demolition charges planned?

He discussed with Greta his thoughts on all this. Is Al Qaeda planning another 9/11, but this time using large ships or super tankers to blow up an American city? He also stated that ships disabled or destroyed in certain waters could destroy the economies of many nations, such as the straits between the Agean and Black seas in Turkey, the Straits of Hourmuz in the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Gibraltar, etc, etc.

[Alas Babylon!]

I cannot find any written sources on Fox News at this time. Transcripts should be posted there later. I know what I heard, however, as I listened in rapt attention. We didn't listen to the reports of Islamists training at flight schools in 2000/2001; we ought to pay attention to these events now!

Any FReepers that heard this report on Greta's show, please chime in!

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[goodnesswins]

I heard it too....

[Chad Fairbanks]

Shower... Series... Hugh... etc...

[goodnesswins]

He actually said they were teaching divers how to go down....but not how to come back up.....sounds weird to me....if they are in the water learning, wouldn't they have to come back up???

[Fledermaus]

He also stated that ships disabled or destroyed in certain waters could destroy the economies of many nations, such as the straits between the Agean and Black seas in Turkey, the Straits of Hourmuz in the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Gibraltar, etc, etc.

I can buy that. But I can't buy the blowing up an American city. I don't think they could get that close after a hijacking with a super tanker.

[John Beresford Tipton]

I recall that within the last 2 or 3 days there was an article postd on FR which gave details of this problem.

(The reporting was not from Fox or from their expert.)

[Alas Babylon!]

Love to have a link. Any ideas on search terms?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

They could do a lot of damage in the San Francisco Bay area.

Anyone know what ethnicity Mansoor is? Indian or Middle Eastern?

[Joy Angela]

Ping. Your favorite guy was on FOX!

[pitinkie]

Pakastani I think.

[John H K]

I can buy that. But I can't buy the blowing up an American city. I don't think they could get that close after a hijacking with a super tanker.

Actually, super tankers aren't explosive.

Even the explosive qualities of Liquid Natural Gas tankers are greatly exaggerated.

Also, these things move incredibly slowly.

Strikes me as more frantic hype from people that don't have a grasp of what they're talking about.

[John H K]

such as the straits between the Agean and Black seas in Turkey, the Straits of Hourmuz in the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Gibraltar, etc, etc.

The Bosporus is narrow enough that it could be rendered unnavigable by a sunken ship, I believe; the Straits of Gibraltar are not.

And even then it's hardly permanent; even in World War II where the Germans controlled ports like Cherbourg and Antwerp, and had months to mine them, sink ships, wreck dock equipment, the ports were open again in months (required a lot of work, of course.)

[Alter Kaker]

Supertanker is not so useful for terrorist to hijack. But LNG - liquified natural gas - could explode to destroy a large city. Explosion could be like that of Hiroshima. If one were in port of New York, a million people could die.

[StriperSniper]

Pakastani I think.

Correct.

[Tree of Liberty]

According to this, his father was born in Pakistan, but he was born in Florida.

[BOBWADE]

Just imagine the damage from a couple tanker of oil broken up in CA or Va? It wouldn't kill very many but could further damage our economy.

[Alter Kaker]

Even the explosive qualities of Liquid Natural Gas tankers are greatly exaggerated.

I am not sure. I talk to celebrated energy counsultant who tells me studies of explosive damage take into account only an explosion of 1/5 of a tanker, which is worst accident probable. In terrorist explosion well planned, all of tanker could explode leading much bigger explosion.

[LayoutGuru2]

Mansoor Ijaz Rocks!!!

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[Alas Babylon!]

John, maybe it is frantic hype. Then again, think back to pre-9/11. Wouldn't it have seemed like frantic hype to speculate on hijackers flying planes in to skyscrapers? I don't want anyone to be frantic about this, just vigilant. Anyway, here's to hoping you're right!