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	Limburg (tanker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a double hull vessel, built in 2000; its length was 332 meters and its width was 58 meters.
		On October 6, 2002, the Limburg was carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran to Malaysia, and was in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen to pick up another load of oil.
		While it was some miles offshore, an explosives-laden boat rammed the starboard side of the tanker and detonated, catching the vessel on fire and spewing approximately 90,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Aden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limburg_(tanker) (205 words)

	Limburg tanker bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Limburg tanker bombing involved the October 6, 2002 bombing of the Limburg, a French oil tanker.
		On that day, the ship was carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran to Malaysia.
		While it was stationed in the Gulf of Aden off of Yemen to pick up more oil, a small dinghy laden with bombs rammed into the starboard side of the tanker and detonated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limburg_tanker_bombing (212 words)

	Tanker attack fits bin Laden's economic war - Robert Fisk: 08th October, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		To look at those images of the French oil tanker Limburg, scorched and holed off Yemen, you had to remember the very last sermon Osama bin Laden gave before he disappeared in Afghanistan last December.
		Yesterday – as the world mulled over the Limburg captain's report of a small explosives-laden boat ramming itself against the side of his 300,000 ton double-hulled supertanker – the price of a barrel of oil duly broke the $30 envelope.
		One more tanker attack and the American navy could be back in the convoy business again, vulnerable to the same small killer boats that assaulted the Cole.
	www.robert-fisk.com /articles127.htm (468 words)

	Torpedo Attack on MV Limburg Causes Panic in Washington
		There is also the vexing question of exactly how a single torpedo strike on a single French tanker, could send the Zionist Lobbies and American Administration into such a tailspin that they effectively pulled their advanced plans to hijack Iraqi and other crude oil reserves.
		If the sub that attacked the Limburg is operating alone, it is still capable of sinking five large supertankers all by itself.
		The picture on the left is the hole blown in the hull of the MV Limburg last Sunday, but the picture on the right is of torpedo damage inflicted on the USS Liberty, an unarmed intelligence ship in international attacked by the Jewish State in 1967, killing 35 men and wounding 171.
	www.vialls.com /israel/torpedo.htm (1437 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. official: Yemen tanker fire looks accidental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Pushed by strong winds, the tanker Limburg was swaying in the sea some 15 miles from the coastline, surrounded by oil slicks.
		A senior American official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it looks as though the explosion occurred inside the tanker, which would "lead to the conclusion that it probably was an accident.
		Others had suggested a small boat laden with explosives may have struck the tanker and caused the blast in an attack similar to that on the USS Cole two years ago in the Yemeni port of Aden.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-10-06-yemen-tanker_x.htm (738 words)

	CNN.com - Blast in Yemen: Accident or Attack? - October 6, 2002
		The tanker Limburg was still burning in the Gulf of Aden early Monday as Yemeni and French officials geared up to investigate the incident.
		While there are some reports that a small boat was traveling close to the French tanker Limburg at the time of this incident, there was no definite confirmation Sunday as to what - or whom - it may have been carrying.
		Limburg was carrying more than 397,000 barrels of crude oil at the time of the blast.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/fyi/news/10/06/tanker.spill (336 words)

	Coulombi Egg tanker - the 'Limburg'accident
		The reason why the explosion did not expand upwards and blow up the deck of the tanker is that there are two horizontal stringers between the damage and the deck.
		It rammed the tanker and delivered the explosives that exploded both inside and outside the double hull - and blow the side shell outboard probably destroying the attackers.
		The double side hull ballast tank was empty and it should first have been flooded and the tanker should have heeled a little towards the damage.
	heiwaco.tripod.com /limburg.htm (982 words)

	Global Exchange - Printer Friendly
		The world's tanker fleet is already stretched thin by robust demand for oil, by looming deadlines for the phase-out of single-hull tankers for safety and environmental reasons, and by lengthening backlogs at the shipyards where new tankers are built.
		Tankers and tanker-loading facilities have already been the targets of attacks by Al Qaeda and other anti-Western groups, threatening to disrupt oil supplies and adding to the upward pressure on prices, maritime insurance premiums and tanker charter rates.
		The attack on the Limburg did not produce the kind of spectacular explosion conjured by popular imagination, and shipping industry experts said it would be extremely difficult for an attacker to get a tanker to blow up that way; even direct missile hits during the Iran-Iraq war generally resulted only in spills and containable fires.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/mideast/iraq/2048.html.pf (1062 words)

	CNEWS - News Ticker World - Investigators try to determine what caused the fire aboard French oil tanker
		Strong winds during the night had pushed the tanker, the Limburg, further into the sea and away from its destination, Mina al-Dabah, a port close to the city of Al Mukalla, about 320 kilometres southeast of the capital, Sanaa.
		According to Yemeni officials, the captain of the Limburg said the fire started on his tanker and was followed by an explosion while crewmen tried to get the blaze under control.
		Officials with Euronav, the company that owns the Limburg, said their understanding was that the captain saw a small fishing boat pulling up to the tanker before the blast at 9:15 a.m.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/World/2002/10/07/1445.html (714 words)

	French Tanker Explosion Confirmed as Terror Attack
		Seventeen of the tanker's 25 French and Bulgarian crew members were transported to hospital.
		The Captain of the Limburg reported that moments before the explosion, he had spotted a small boat approaching the tanker.
		Within days of the Limburg explosion, a French investigative team of experts was on location to clarify the causes of the explosion.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=837 (491 words)

	HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		"The oil tanker was rammed by a small boat stuffed with explosives," as it came by an offshore terminal in the Arabian Sea.
		In France, Limburg owners Euronav, based outside Nantes on the Atlantic coast, said it appeared to be an attack which had left one of 17 Bulgarian crew missing.
		Limburg's captain Hubert Ardillon, who spoke by telephone to his headquarters, had seen the small vessel approach, Ferre revealed.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0210/08/eng3.htm (388 words)

	Inquiry launched into Yemen blast
		Yemeni authorities are trying to salvage the Limburg tanker, which is still burning in the Gulf of Aden, and say they are afraid of a major oil slick spreading along the Arabian coast.
		The Limburg's captain reported an explosion which was followed by a fire on Sunday morning as the ship came into the port of Aden from Iran.
		He said the Limburg was a new, double-hulled ship, and was barely moving at the time of the explosion, which happened during good weather.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2002/October/bbc071002a.htm (479 words)

	Make tanker lanes into no-go areas for other shipping says IMB
		The appeal came amid mounting evidence that the blast that ripped through a French tanker, the Limburg, earlier this month in the Gulf of Aden was a terrorist attack.
		The Limburg is thought to have been rammed by a small boat noticed by crew members shortly before the explosion.
		The tanker was carrying 400,000 barrels of crude oil when the blast ignited a fire on board, killing one crew member and spilling 90,000 barrels of oil into the sea.
	www.iccwbo.org /home/news_archives/2002/stories/limburg.asp (313 words)

	Front Page - Issue 42 - Yemen Times
		This claim is also supported by the tanker's owner, Euronav SA, who quoted crew members as saying the blast occurred shortly after a small boat was seen speeding toward the tanker as it waited for a tug to take it to Mina al-Dabah near Mukalla, about 500 miles from Sana'a.
		It is estimated that the total area polluted with crude oil spilled from Limburg amounted to 500 square kilometres, some 15cm deep, according to a press release distributed by the crisis cell, formed to follow up the incident.
		The tanker was carrying 397,000 barrels of Iranian crude and was due to load more at Mina al-Dabah, a port 500 miles south-east of the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
	www.yementimes.com /02/iss42/front.htm (2210 words)

	INTERTANKO Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The findings on board may indicate that the MT ‘Limburg’ was a victim of terrorism.
		The IMB has appealed to governments and port authorities to declare approach channels for tankers "no-go" areas for unauthorized crafts and to enforce the ban by intensifying naval and police patrols.
		The tanker was carrying 400,000 barrels of crude oil when the blast ignited a fire on board, killing one crewmember and spilling 90,000 barrels of oil into the sea.
	www.intertanko.com /artikkel.asp?id=4785 (395 words)

	Yemeni authorities identify Limburg attack mastermind
		In an attack reminiscent of the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, a small boat packed with explosives crashed into the French tanker Limburg off the coast of Yemen on 6 October 2002.
		The explosion blew a hole in the tanker's hull, spilling 90,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Aden.
		The conduct of the Limburg attack appears to have followed a clear pattern of al-Qaida operations: the key operational people are withdrawn or go into hiding days prior to the attack.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=870 (402 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		A French diplomat in Yemen and the French firm Euronav, which owns the tanker, said yesterday that a small boat with explosives had rammed the "Limburg" just as it was entering the eastern Yemeni port of Mina al-Dabah in the Gulf of Aden.
		Moizan said the "Limburg" is about two years old and was built with a strong double hull as a safety precaution against oil spills.
		The first official to say on the record that the "Limburg" blast was the result of a terrorist attack was Marcel Goncalves, a vice consul at the French Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.
	www.rferl.org /features/2002/10/07102002142807.asp (1080 words)

	BORR Terrorism News: France sends counterterrorism agents to investigate whether terrorists caused tanker explosion
		Tanker captain Hubert Ardillon initially rejected help by local authorities, Yemeni officials said yesterday.
		Officials with Euronav said their understanding was that the captain saw a small fishing boat pulling up to the tanker before the Sunday morning blast.
		There were also reports the explosion occurred as a pilot boat was preparing to escort the tanker into Mina al-Dabah.
	www.borrull.org /e/noticia.php?id=14554 (539 words)

	Yemeni officials investigate blast aboard French tanker
		AL MUKALLA, Yemen (AP) - A fire that raged for hours aboard a French oil tanker has been put out, but still unanswered is the question of whether the tanker was the target of a terrorist attack.
		We believe the explosion happened from within the tanker, but investigations are still under way," a Yemeni official said today on condition of anonymity.
		Strong winds during the night had pushed the tanker, the Limburg, further into the sea and away from its destination, Mina al-Dabah, a port close to the city of Al Mukalla, about 200 miles southeast of the capital, San`a.
	www.showmenews.com /2002/Oct/20021007News021.asp (228 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		In France, officials with Euronav, the company that owns the Limburg, said their understanding was that the captain saw a small fishing boat pulling up to the tanker before the blast at 9:15 a.m.
		Yemen has been eager to emphasize its commitment to the U.S.-led war on terror and shake off its reputation as a hotbed of extremism — it is believed to have been a longtime base for suspected al-Qaida members and is the bin Laden family's ancestral home.
		In Malaysia on Monday, a police official said on condition of anonymity that officials there did not believe the Limburg fire was a terrorist attack on Malaysia — a largely Muslim country that has cracked down on Islamic militants and terror suspects.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/Europe/021007.FR.probe.Yemen.tank.html (952 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. says tanker blast came from within - Oct. 7, 2002
		The tanker, carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil, was set afire by the blast Sunday in the Gulf of Aden.
		Firefighters managed to put out the fire burning outside the 332-meter (1,090-foot) tanker Limburg and were trying to extinguish the flames in the interior early Monday.
		Reports of a boat approaching the tanker revived memories of the Cole attack, which was rammed by suicide bombers in a boat packed with explosives.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/10/07/yemen.ship (675 words)

	Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore news
		A statement from the French foreign ministry headquarters at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, says that the first results of the inquiry by French, American and Yemeni investigators lead to the belief that the October 6 explosion on the French tanker Limburg was the result of an attack.
		The INTERTANO statement says the Limburg incident makes it opportune to remind the public of the "essential, but generally invisible, role that tankers play to support our everyday lives and the dependence of many nations on the sea transportation of crude and oil products.
		The excellent safety record of tankers, the professionalism of their crews and the fact that safety and security are traditionally uppermost in the management of the cargo while under the custodianship of the tanker operator have been similarly stressed.
	www.marinelog.com /DOCS/NEWSMMIIb/MMIIOct11.html (489 words)

	CNN.com - Yemen probes French tanker blast - Oct. 6, 2002
		Firefighters managed to put out the fire burning outside the 332-meter (1,090-foot) tanker Limburg and were trying to extinguish the flames in the interior late Sunday.
		The spokesman said the explosion happened as the Limburg was taking on a pilot to guide it into al-Dhaba Port in al-Shaher city, more than 550 kilometers (342 miles) east of the Port of Aden.
		Wind was pushing the still-burning Limburg closer to al-Mukalla and the coast, officials said.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/10/06/yemen.ship (816 words)

	DEBKAfile - First Al Qaeda Strike Against Oil Target - Possibly in Collaboration with Iraq
		According to the Yemeni authorities, the 299,000 deadweight ton tanker carried nearly 400,000 barrels of crude loaded at the Iranian oil port of Kharj.
		The Limburg attack was deliberately timed and carried out in a way to recall the disabling of the USS Cole two years ago.
		Whether the Limburg loaded up in Kharj (according to the Yemenis) or Saudi Arabia (as the owners report), al Qaeda was targeting the oil interests of a Muslim state which they will denounce as a Washington collaborator.
	www.debka.com /article_print.php?aid=139 (1277 words)

	#YE12:Bombing of Oil Tanker Limburg- The Battle Cry of Freedom
		tanker Limburg 06-OCT-2002 Yemen Blast a Terrorist Act, U.S. Officials Say AL MUKALLA, Yemen — A French oil tanker damaged by an explosion was towed into a northeastern Yemen port Friday, as investigators said metal and plastic pieces found on the deck suggested the ship was rammed by a smaller craft.
		The tanker was brought into Mina al-Dabah port in Al Mukalla by three tug boats.
		Speculation that the incident was an act of terrorism arose shortly after the explosion, which spilled oil along 45 miles of coastline.
	www.maintour.com /bcof/bcofye12.htm (773 words)

	Front Page - Issue 41 - Yemen Times
		Mukalla (October 6 2002), YT - A source at the port of al-Dhabbah in the Shihr constituency of Hadhramout governorate where the French tanker Limburg caught fire Sunday morning said that a collision with an object or smaller ship or boat may have been the cause of the blast.
		Fire raged Sunday morning on the French crude oil tanker Limburg which was carrying around 400,000 barrels of crude oil coming from Iran.
		Marcel Goncalves of the French Embassy in Sanaa had told the AFP that "The oil tanker was rammed by a small boat stuffed with explosives." He also said that the tanker was in danger of sinking, but sources at the port confirmed that the ship is anchored at the port.
	www.yementimes.com /02/iss41/front.htm (1885 words)

	France-diplomatie [Actualité diplomatique] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		An explosion occurred early in the morning of October 6 on board the French tanker Limburg near the El Shir terminal to the southeast of Sanaa in Yemen.
		The investigators are a team of several people: agents from the Transportation Ministry bureau that investigates accidents at sea, Interior Ministry agents plus an official from CEDRE (center for documentation, research and testing on accidental pollution at sea) and representatives of the Belgian group Euronav, the owners of the vessel.
		An explosion occurred early in the morning of 6 October on board a French oil tanker, the Limburg, near the Ash Shihr terminal south east of Sanaa, in Yemen.
	www.france.diplomatie.fr /actu/articletxt.asp?ART=28104 (1046 words)

	Tanker blast called terrorism - 10/11/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The tanker Limburg was brought into Mina al-Dabah port in Al Mukalla by three tug boats.
		"The initial results of the inquiry carried out by French, Yemeni and American investigators suggest the explosion Oct. 6 on board the French oil tanker, the Limburg, was due to an attack," a statement said.
		The Limburg's captain later told The Associated Press a crew member saw a fishing boat approach the tanker shortly before the blast.
	www.detnews.com /2002/nation/0210/11/a04-609764.htm (784 words)

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