Comments on: MARITIME THREATS

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I looked but I could not find it in a reasonable amount of time. Do you have the link for the FT article handy?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It's in the post--his name.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

See also:
Anarchy at sea
William Langewiesche; The Atlantic Monthly; Sep 2003

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

AH! I was looking for FTcom thanks

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

"an offshore maintenance engineer with deep-sea diving skills, who had been kidnapped in 2000, was released by Abu Sayyaf. He reported that his captors had wanted to learn how to dive, but were not interested in learning how to resurface."

Why would a terrorist group release him, after kidnapping him, and giving him useful information?
A knife and some weights would have put him into the 'kidnapped, presumably by criminals, presumed dead' category.

By: Fables of the reconstruction

Fables of the reconstruction — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Realistic Terrorism Threats
As a contrast to the den Beste fantasies in my prior post, here Outside the Beltway details some very realistic - and very frightening - possibilities involving attacks on infrastructure. The most notable aspect is that an attack that cripples

By: Ramblings of a Lunatic

Ramblings of a Lunatic — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Discussion on Terrorist Threat to Maritime Targets
This does paint a rather frightening scenario.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Ocean-size Threat
Alright, I'm scared. According to United Nations estimates, up to 80 per cent of the approximately 6bn metric tons of

By: Petrified Truth

Petrified Truth — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

al Qaeda at sea?
James Joyner at Outside the Beltway got to hear financier, analyst and citizen-diplomat Mansoor Ijaz speak recently on the increasing evidence that al Qaeda may be pursuing maritime terrorism, and links us to an October article by Ijaz on that...

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