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GTFPDQ
12-29-2009, 12:30 PM
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Source: Ananova




"No direct contact" has been made with a UK-flagged tanker attacked by Somali pirates since it was seized, the ship's managers said.

The 7,926-tonne St James Park was captured in the Gulf of Aden while on its way to Thailand from Spain.

A spokesman for London-based Zodiac Maritime Agencies said: "There are no reports of any injuries to crew or vessel. The managers of the vessel are working closely with the naval authorities and other organisations to secure the early and safe release of all crew members."

He added: "We have had no direct contact with the ship since it was hijacked."

The ship, which was captured on Monday, has 26 crew on board from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Philippines, Poland, Georgia, India and Turkey.

A spokesman for the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) said the ship, which was built in 1993, was hijacked while in the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and is now heading towards the Somalia coast.

The IRTC, which is patrolled by international navies, was set up in February this year in a bid to protect ships travelling through the Gulf of Aden.

Noel Choong, of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), said the St James Park sent a distress message late on Monday seeking help from pirate attacks.

He said the call was picked up by a Greek rescue centre that relayed the message to the IMB but the bureau had failed to establish communication with the vessel.

Mr Choong added that the tanker's owner later informed the IMB that the vessel has been seized.


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GTFPDQ
12-29-2009, 12:32 PM
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Source: Ananova




The alleged terrorist behind the Christmas Day airliner plot is said to have told US agents there are more people "just like him" ready to carry out future attacks.

An al Qaida group based in Yemen claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit as US president Barack Obama pledged to hunt down the plotters.

Meanwhile, photographs apparently showing the underpants filled with explosives worn by alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab were broadcast by ABC News.

The American government pictures show the singed underwear with a six-inch packet of a high explosive called PETN sewn into the crotch, the US network reported.

ABC News said Abdulmutallab was carrying about 80g of PETN, more than one-and-a-half times the amount carried by "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in 2001 and enough to blow a hole in the side of an aircraft.

Abdulmutallab, 23, a former engineering student at University College London, has reportedly told FBI agents he is one of many would-be terrorists in Yemen ready to carry out attacks in the near future.

Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, an alliance of militants based in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, said the action was retaliation for a US operation against the group in Yemen. The group said in an internet statement that the failed attack exposed the "large myth" of American and international security services and claimed only a "technical error" had prevented the bomb from detonating.

Mr Obama broke off his family holiday in Hawaii to announce he had launched reviews into airport security and the monitoring of suspected terrorists. In his first public comments on the incident, he said: "A full investigation has been launched into this attempted act of terrorism and we will not rest until we have found all those responsible."

The US president added "We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us, whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where they are plotting attacks against the US homeland."

Abdulmutallab tried to ignite his device as the flight from Amsterdam, carrying nearly 280 passengers, entered its final descent to Detroit on Christmas Day.


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nastyleg
12-29-2009, 01:39 PM
Great catch Charlie....the terrorist attempted hijacking of an airliner proved my point to the wifes cousin about how unstable and willingness to accept PC in our thinking and lives is going to getus all killed. Noone can protect you 100% of the time except ourselves. Police serve the public intrest not the individual. Same thing for the governments of the world.

GTFPDQ
12-30-2009, 01:37 AM
Just realised I posted the second post in the wrong thread. Apologies.

nastyleg
12-30-2009, 02:51 AM
no worries