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Al Qaeda Offshoot Says It Hijacked A Pakistani Navy Ship to Attack U.S. Vessels
gCaptain ^
| September 17, 2014
| Maria Golovnina
Posted on 09/18/2014 6:15:29 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Al Qaedas South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea, in the first major assault by the newly created group.
The SITE monitoring service quoted its spokesman, Usama Mahmoud, as saying a group of militants had succeeded in seizing control of the Pakistani frigate PNS Zulfiqar and tried to use it to attack nearby U.S. vessels.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; hijackedship; pakisran; ship
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To: livius
Is this the one they tried to hijack last week, while it was in port, thinking it was actually a US ship, and theyve sort of exaggerated the story? The initial claim was that they tried to take a US aircraft carrier.
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Straight Vermonter
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To: reg45
It worked before, just ask the crew of the USS Arizona - Oh wait! They are all dead. Or the crew of the USS Cole.
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Straight Vermonter
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