Ferretlover wrote:The Associated Press Mon, Apr 21, 2008
An unidentified ship fired on a Japanese oil tanker Monday off the eastern coast of Yemen, leaving a hole from which hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked, the ship's operator said. No one was injured.
The 150,000-ton tanker Takayama was attacked about 270 miles off the coast of Aden in southwestern Yemen while it was heading for Saudi Arabia, its Japanese operator, Nippon Yusen K.K., said in a statement.
None of its 23 crew members _ seven Japanese and 16 Filipinos _ was injured, the company said. The tanker had left the South Korean port of Ulsan on April 4.
Nippon Yusen spokeswoman Yuko Tsutsui said the attack left a 1-inch hole in the tanker's stern which was temporarily patched after hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked. …
The Takayama
frankthetank wrote:I suppose. I thought the US military could engage anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances?
I'm guessing a tanker full of oil is like a ship full of gold, so maybe an escort should be added?
frankthetank wrote:I suppose. I thought the US military could engage anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances?
The US military can't even intercept planes on it's own soil and it takes them a week to mobilize just within US borders.frankthetank wrote:I suppose. I thought the US military could engage anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances?
How much would a barrel of oil be?frankthetank wrote:I'm guessing a tanker full of oil is like a ship full of gold, so maybe an escort should be added?
smallpoxgirl wrote:Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it be ideal to attack a tanker coming from Saudi not one going to Saudi? This tanker was empty right?
Arabian BusinessYemen's oil revenues hit $2.6bn in 2008 by Amy Glass on Sunday, 27 July 2008
… A report published by the Central B:ank of Yemen attributed the increase to a boost in oil production to 23.75 million barrels, compared to 20 million barrels in the same period of 2007. …
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that Yemen is a “failing state” as the U.S. and U.K. shut their embassies in the country because of the threat from al-Qaeda.
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