[ChewedGum]

Al Queda Navy? Hmmm...I'm scared now. Glad I didn't see this last night or I might not have slept so well. ; )

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[Bon mots]

The shipment they just caught in Greece was not fertilizer, like in Texas city. The al-Qaida creeps probabaly know that they have little chance of bringing a renegade ship like that into any port, but they could hijack a legitimate ship, kill its crew and replace it with the bomb ship. The bomb ship could be disguised to look like a legit ship sailing from any port.

The ship in Texas City was not deliberately place to do maximum damage, as any ship al-Qaida sends surely would...
Here are some more photos from Texas City:

Anyway, you get the idea...

They could sail it right into Manhattan harbor, Baltimore, or any one of a zillion places, they might hit Europe this time, as they are much more complacent. Wouldn't be hard to sail right into Central London with a properly hijacked and disguised ship or two. You can be certain that they are very carefully planning a devious and diabolical plan right now. The Saudis are likely financing it.

[John H K]

Al Queda Navy? Hmmm...I'm scared now. Glad I didn't see this last night or I might not have slept so well. ; )

Keep in mind Joseph Farah is a professional hype-monger. EVERY SINGLE article he writes is a scare story.

And he strikes me as barely above the DEBKA level regarding accuracy and real knowledge of defense/intelligence issues.

[Prodigal Son]

I'm scared now.

Actually, this is the thing that worries me the most- not hijacked airliners. A ship or a container on a ship is the easiest way for them to slip a nuke into the USA. We have no capability to track all container ships or their cargo. The last report I've read stated that we could only screen one percent out of millions.

If the terrorists are very stupid, they will continue to focus on bringing down the great flying beast filled with people. If they are smarter, they will look to the sea instead.

[reg45]

There are several reasons why I'm not scared of the Al-Qaeda navy:

If the AQ navy? gets anywhere near our shores, they will join Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, Yamato and Musashi at the bottom of the sea.