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  • Navy alert to suicide attacks after speedboat bomb intercepted

    03/25/2003 7:29:31 PM PST · by Mr. Mulliner · 13 replies · 207+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald ^ | March 26, 2003
    Navy alert to suicide attacks after speedboat bomb intercepted March 26 2003, 12:55 PM Coalition naval forces were on high alert against suicide attacks after Iranian gunboats intercepted an Iraqi speedboat packed with half a tonne of high explosive. Three other Iraqi speedboats, which it is feared may contain similar amounts of explosive, got away when Iranian forces engaged Iraqis at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab River, the waterway that marks the border between the two countries. The explosives were discovered after one of the Iraqi boats was run aground during the confrontation. British, American and Australian warships in...