Or to do one better, make it a piggy swimming ring!
Make it right and it will direct the force of the blast back at the attackers and nobody will even know they were there.
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| U.A.E. Officials Confirm Terror Attack on Tanker |
| 2010-08-06 |
| ABU DHABI—The Japanese-owned oil tanker that reported an explosion last week while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz was attacked by terrorists, according to investigators in the United Arab Emirates, citing forensic evidence that found traces of explosives on the vessel. "U.A.E. explosives experts who collected and examined samples found a dent on the starboard side above the water line and remains of home-made explosives on the hull," according to a statement released by the U.A.E.'s state-run news agency WAM. "An examination carried out by specialized teams had confirmed that the tanker had been the subject of a terrorist attack," the statement said, citing an unnamed coast guard official. A spokeswoman for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the government is still investigating the matter. A spokeswoman for the shipping company that owns the tanker, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., said that the company had no comment about the evidence disclosed by the U.A.E. investigators. "We saw the news, but we have nothing to say. We have so far not been contacted by anybody of the U.A.E." about the cause, the spokeswoman said. She added that other than the U.A.E. and Japan's foreign ministry, the U.S. Navy and the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations have also been investigating the issue. None of the parties have contacted the shipping company with regard to the cause, she said, adding that none of them have any legal obligation to inform the company either. Earlier this week, an al Qaeda-affiliated militant group claimed responsibility for the July 28 incident that has been shrouded in mystery. In a statement posted on a known Islamic extremist website earlier this week, a group called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades said it had targeted the supertanker filled with oil in what it had hoped would be a blow against the global economy and oil markets. The shipping company that owns the tanker, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., originally reported that the vessel had been hit by an explosion while it was traveling through the strategic waterway through which some 20% of the world's oil travels each day. It had reported damage to the tanker's hull, but no casualties among its crew. However, during the weeklong investigation conducted by U.A.E., Japanese and U.S. officials as the tanker docked in the U.A.E. port of Fujairah, officials in the region have given conflicting accounts of the incident. Some have claimed a rogue wave or a collision with another object were likely culprits. Al Qaeda has threatened to target the strategic waterway in the past, but this is the first known attempt by an Islamic extremist group against the oil traffic in the region. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Heh heh. It could look like a big one of these: Or to do one better, make it a piggy swimming ring! Make it right and it will direct the force of the blast back at the attackers and nobody will even know they were there. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-06 21:31 |
| #4 @gorb, maybe like a flooatie ring you put around kids whule swimmming , Except may of like some kinda rubber? |
| Posted by: chris 2010-08-06 19:45 |
| #3 Pretty lame, Mahmoud. I'll bet the virgins laugh at you and tell you to get lost... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-06 12:27 |
| #2 Perhaps these tankers could use a "skirt" made up of some kind of continuous heavy blanket that could absorb the brunt of an explosion. It would have to be heavy enough that terrorists couldn't just push it aside and get their boat between it and the hull because that would amplify the explosion. Maybe the blanket could have some small holes through it so that it would disperse the wave front over time and not hit the blanket too hard. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-06 12:24 |
| #1 They musta read what I posted yesterday ! *chuckle* |
| Posted by: Black Charlie 2010-08-06 09:45 |