I don’t have time to research now but I heard the Somali pirates hijacked a ship with fertilizer on board and another with chemicals of some sort in the last week. Not a good combination.
One more then off to bed - I’ve been taking down Christmas all day.
Update from the Haskell’s about passenger #2 and unidentified man in Amsterdam...........
Kurt and Lori Haskell: We talked with a fellow Flight 253 passenger, but he saw something different
By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
January 02, 2010, 8:38PM
kurt-lori-haskell.jpgCourtesy photoKurt and Lori HaskellA Michigan man who was aboard a near-fateful flight with terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab says he has spoken with another passenger about a sharp-dressed accomplice he may have seen helping Abdulmutallab board the plane.
Posting on wife Lori’s blog and linking to it in a recent MLive post, Kurt Haskell says that a passenger named Bo Taylor offers some insight about the other man accompanying Abdulmutallab. Here’s what Taylor said:
“After we landed in Detroit I saw an older looking teenager who was African and looked NEARLY IDENTICAL to the terrorist bomber. Since he was a minor, and travelling alone, he was accompanied by an airport employee at all times. Kurt, this could have been the guy you saw in Amsterdam before we boarded.”
And here is Haskell’s response:
You see, if Bo is correct, than we have a possible future airline security breach since the teenager was allowed on the plane without a passport(apparently) due to coming from Sudan (apparently). This may be a common airline policy that is potentially problematic. If I am correct, well, we have an entirely different and much larger problem. Either way, there are concerns. Either way we need an open, honest, and thorough investigation. There is one way to conclusively determine who is correct, and that would be for the Amsterdam Airport to RELEASE THE CLOSED CAPTION VIDEO FOOTAGE! Seriously, the attack happened 8 days ago, the relevant video is probably 2-3 minutes in length and has(apparently) already been viewed by airport security personnel. So why hasn’t it appeared anywhere?
I recall reading today a British ship had been taken? might be it. Second ship in a weeks time..they’re on a roll again.