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  • Irish owner ordered me to Greece, says 'A-bomb' skipper

    06/25/2003 2:08:32 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 29 replies · 281+ views
    Online IE ^ | June 25 2003
    For weeks, the creaky Balkan Sky, loaded with more than 600 tons of explosives, languished off the Turkish coast waiting for orders to set sail for Sudan with tons of explosives. Then came a telex from the ship's Irish owner: forget Africa and divert the cargo to a remote Greek port. But Ukrainian skipper Anatolia Baltic claimed today he and his crew had no idea they were breaking the law when they sailed into Greek waters and straight into a team of waiting commandos – who had been tipped off about the ship's movements by a Nato anti-terrorist task force....