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2015-05-12 | |||||
Libya is in a The dry cargo ship was targeted about 10 miles from the coast on Sunday after it was told not to break a ban on approaching the eastern city of Derna, Libyan military spokesman Mohamed Hejazi said. The forces of Libya’s internationally recognised government have said they will hit any ships approaching Derna to stop supplies getting to Islamist militants based there.
Hejazi confirmed that one crew member was killed and said one other person was wounded. A Libyan military source said the vessel was on fire and being towed to Tobruk terminal. But a Turkish foreign ministry official denied this, saying it was returning to Turkey. “Turkey approached the United Nations and the IMO (International Maritime Organization) in connection with the matter. A note was given to Libya’s Ankara embassy and Istanbul consulate seeking an explanation,” the Turkish official said. Internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni said in February his government would stop dealing with Turkey because it was sending weapons to a rival group in Tripoli so that “the Libyan people kill each other”. Turkey denies taking sides in the conflict, saying it supports UN-led efforts to broker a peace. Attacks on foreign ships in waters near Libya may complicate European Union efforts to stop traffickers sending thousands of migrants to Europe in often unseaworthy vessels. | |||||
Posted by:Steve White |
#7 OTOH compare wid DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN WARSHIPS [Navy] WILL ESCORT YEMEN-BOUND CARGO SHIP: IRNA - YAHOO NEWS. To HOUTHIS-CONTROLLED YEMEN PORT OF HODAIDA. versus * TOPIX > [Times of Israel] IRAN THREATENS WAR [agz any Country] IFF "AID SHIP" TO YEMEN ATTACKED. * SAME > [Xinhua Net] US URGES IRAN TO DIVERT/REDIRECT YEMEN-BOUND CARGO SHIP TO AVOID POTENTIAL CONFRONTATION WID SAUDI ARABIA. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-12 22:21 |
#6 There appears to be some kind of wide spread prejudice against Turkish shipping. Navi Marmara, and now this. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-12 10:48 |
#5 He died for Sheetrock. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-05-12 10:44 |
#4 ^ "Tonight on 'Flip This Hovel' - from Derna..." |
Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-12 09:14 |
#3 But how are home flippers supposed to redecorate in the face of this onslaught? Next it'll be the granite countertops. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2015-05-12 09:08 |
#2 Wonder what was IN that plasterboard. Drywall is packaged in stacks wrapped with steel bands. You could hollow out an area and pack all sorts of things in there. |
Posted by: AlanC 2015-05-12 07:45 |
#1 "the vessel was carrying plasterboard from Spain" I wonder if there might be something "interesting" hidden under that plasterboard. |
Posted by: tipover 2015-05-12 02:43 |