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To: Snowshoe who wrote (49843)	10/7/2002 4:49:18 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Captain of French tanker rejected Yemeni help, Washington says explosion likely originated in tanker story.news.yahoo.com [ interesting "conclusions" from stratfor, indeed. Maybe they're jealous of debka getting all the bogus "scoops" lately. Not that it would be possible to put a damper on the "War Now!" cries that attend every little incident around here, but just to round out the record a little . . . ] The captain of a French oil tanker that exploded and caught fire off Yemen initially rejected help by local authorities, Yemeni officials said Monday. A U.S. official said the damage suggests an accidental cause was more likely than terrorism. In Washington, a senior State Department official said U.S. Navy (news - web sites) officers were being sent to the scene to help out with the investigation. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it looked as though the Sunday explosion aboard the tanker Limburg occurred inside the tanker. The damage suggested that "things were blown out" from the tanker instead of the other way around, the official said. The United States is not ruling out terrorism as a cause. But if initial suspicions that it was an internal explosion are borne out, that would "lead to the conclusion that it probably was an accident," the official said. . . .

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