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  1. Feb 19th, 2003, 09:12 AM #1
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    Iraqi boats...radio silence...

    Anyone hear anything about this? Apparently the Iraqis sent some kind of boat afloat shortly after the Weapons Inpectors arrived/stepped up in November. These boats weigh something like 31 tons and have maintained radio silence for 3 months. I'm really sketchy about the details. I heard something real quick on the radio but I can't find anything online. Can anyone clear the air on this one?
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  2. Feb 19th, 2003, 09:14 AM #2
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    http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...250094,00.html
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  3. Feb 19th, 2003, 09:17 AM #3
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    Cool, thanks for that link.
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  4. Feb 19th, 2003, 09:20 AM #4
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    They should bring them along and dump them in the middle of the Irish sea - a time proven dumping ground for chemical and biological weapons...
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  6. Feb 19th, 2003, 09:40 AM #5
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    That's where their WMD's are ! They'll probably come up with a silly excuse that their radio was broken or some such ...
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  7. Feb 19th, 2003, 10:38 AM #6
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    Originally posted by Anony
    That's where their WMD's are ! They'll probably come up with a silly excuse that their radio was broken or some such ...
    That's assuming they actually have radios
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    I'd say the boats are probably packed full of illegal crap.
    What they need is to send in a few secret forces operatives or something to take pictures of the cargoholds of the ships.

    I mean with the number of special forces operations around the world, shouldn't be that hard.
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    is this a new article?? it is weird that MSNBC and CNN have nothing on this.... and if they are in violation of sailing laws then why wouldn't the US and Britain or some other military force just board the ships for inspection?
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    Originally posted by kleinma
    is this a new article?? it is weird that MSNBC and CNN have nothing on this.... and if they are in violation of sailing laws then why wouldn't the US and Britain or some other military force just board the ships for inspection?
    They said in the article that they won't board them because they're afraid they might sunk themselves with whatever they have onboard.
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  12. Feb 19th, 2003, 11:13 AM #10
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    it is weird that MSNBC and CNN have nothing on this....
    Not really - Sky news is owned by the same group as The Sun newspaper and The Fox network. When (or if) it appears on Auntie Beeb then it is news.
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