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Non-Tech : The Woodshed
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To: nspolar who started this subject4/24/2004 5:18:53 PM
From: ldo79  Read Replies (2) of 60918
 
Folks have speculated that a "trigger event" could provide the ignition for the next run. Should these minor inconveniences continue to occur, I'd venture to guess that it'd be sufficient:
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24 Apr 2004 20:00

Suicide boat raids target Iraq oil, terminal shut
By Abdul-Razzak Hameed.

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Suicide bombers launched three boat attacks on Iraq's vital southern Basra offshore oil export terminal on Saturday, but there was no damage and no immediate reports of casualties.

"A boat exploded next to (the terminal). But there was no damage to the oil terminal or the boat alongside it," said a British Defence Ministry spokeswoman in London. "As far as I know there were no British casualties."

Two of the attacking boats exploded alongside a ship tied up at the terminal, some 10 km offshore, British military spokesmen and Iraqi officials said.

A third boat was intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition ship as it approached an exclusion zone around the terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded, they said.

Officials at Iraq's Southern Oil Company said the Basra terminal had been shut down.

Iraq is almost completely dependent on the terminal -- which is in Britain's sector of responsibility in the country -- to export around 1.9 million barrels per day, providing badly needed funding for a country battered by war and violence.

reuters.com
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