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	Limburg tanker bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Limburg tanker bombing involved the October 6, 2002 bombing of the Limburg, a French oil tanker.
		Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who also planned the USS Cole bombing, is thought to have been the mastermind of the attack.
		Although Yemeni officials claimed that the explosion was the result of an accident, later investigations found traces of TNT on the damaged ship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limburg_tanker_bombing (212 words)

	Limburg (tanker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Limburg was a French-flagged oil tanker, chartered by a Malaysian oil firm.
		It was a double hull vessel, built in 2000; its length was 332 meters and its width was 58 meters.
		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) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 oil into the sea.
		The fire was put out, and four days later the tanker was towed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Limburg_%28tanker%29 (184 words)

	Al-Qaida
		Al-Qaida also attempted the bombing of the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California during the millennium holiday although the bomber, Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with bombs in the trunk of his car.
		The network has also been implicated in the Limburg tanker bombing, of complicity in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and suspected of complicity in the October 2002 Bali car bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.
		Continued bombing of Iraq by the US and the UK from 1991 to the 2003 Iraq War which has never been explicitly mandated by the United Nations, and which many claim is illegal.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/al/al_qaida.html (2002 words)

	Omagh bombing -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The dead also included (The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain) Spanish tourists and others on a day trip from (additional info and facts about County Donegal) County Donegal across the border in the (A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch) Republic.
		It is believed that the bombing of (additional info and facts about BBC Television Centre) BBC Television Centre in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London was a revenge attack for the broadcast.
		The timing of the bombing, and the initial false warning calls served to magnify, not limit, the number of deaths caused by the bomb.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Om/Omagh_bombing.htm (377 words)

	Tanker bombing highlights threat to merchant ships
		The Limburg bombing is one in a series of terrorist attacks this year and has kindled smoldering concerns about maritime security among U.S. and international shipping interests.
		Bomb blasts Oct. 12 tore through two nightclubs in the Kuta Beach area on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing at least 184 people and wounding more than 300, most of whom were Western tourists.
		In May of this year a car bomb was used to attack a bus transporting French naval engineers, and, in April, 14 German tourists were among the 19 killed in an attack on a Tunisian synagogue, according to media reports.
	www.amo-union.org /Newspaper/Morgue/11-2002/Sections/News/limburg.htm (969 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news French tanker blown up off Yemen
		But, in France, Limburg owners Euronav, based outside Nantes on the Atlantic coast, said they believed it was a deliberate attack and added that one of the ship's 17 Bulgarian crew was still missing.
		The Limburg, carrying 397 000 barrels of crude from Iran's Kharg terminal, was to add a further 1.5 million barrels of Yemeni oil from Mina al-Thabah, an official with the Hadramaut local government said.
		The trial of Yemenis implicated in the bombing of the Cole is set to open in Aden in the coming days after Sanaa agreed with US officials to bring the suspects to court, a government official said at the end of September.
	www.iafrica.com /news/worldnews/173034.htm (736 words)

	Limburg
		Limburg is the name of two adjoining provinces under the jurisdiction of two separate nations:
		Limburg (Netherlands), in the south of the Netherlands.
		Limburg (Belgium), in the Flanders region of Belgium.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/limburg.html (44 words)

	Tanker Desk
		The largest tanker in the world is the Knock Nevis, also making it the largest ship in the world as well.
		Tankers used for liquid fuels are classified according to their capacity to carry oil
		This normally consists of a taut hawser arrangement or dynamic positioning to maintain the position relative to the field, an off-loading arrangement of pipes, and redundant safety systems to ensure that the potentially flammable crude oil is handled safely in a harsh environment.
	www.awonky.com /pages2/86/tanker-desk.html (580 words)

	Al-Qaida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Its previous military leader, Muhammed Atef, was allegedly killed in a U.S. bombing raid on Afghanistan in late 2001.
		They are believed to be responsible for a bombing at a U.S. military facility in Riyadh in November 1995, which killed two people from India and five Americans.
		Al-Qaida was also involved in the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan, a terrorist car bombing in Kenya in November 2002, the Riyadh Compound Bombings, and the Istanbul Bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003.
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	#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.
		The Limburg's captain later told The Associated Press a crew member saw a fishing boat approach the tanker shortly before the blast.
	www.maintour.com /bcof/bcofye12.htm (773 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kenyan hotel bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons).
		US and Israeli officials suspected a Somali group linked to al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing and speculated that the suspects had smuggled the missiles into Kenya from Somalia.
		12 people were arrested in connection with the hotel bombing, including six Pakistanis and four Somalis, as well as an American and her Spanish husband, both of whom were later released.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kenyan-hotel-bombing (659 words)

	List of terrorist incidents - Simple English Wikipedia
		1982 Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA killl 8 members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets.
		1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
		1986 Berlin discotheque bombing On April 6, the La Belle discotheque, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents (2434 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)

	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)

	Yemen Times Article Print Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 26 September weekly, close to the Presidency and mouthpiece of the military, reported that 41 al-Qaeda suspects, including 6 people suspected of being involved in the USS Cole bombing and 5 others in the French oil tanker Limburg bombing will be tried soon.
		The source said that the decision to refer their files to the prosecution and court has been taken after the security authorities completed their investigations into the cases.
		The US refused several times to allow the suspects of the Cole bombing to be tried, in order to collect more information on the operatives.
	www.yementimes.com /print_article.shtml?i=726&p=front&a=3 (351 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Al-Qaida suspected in tanker explosion
		The 158,000-tonne Limburg, chartered to the Malaysian oil firm Petronas, was approaching the Yemeni port of Mina al-Dabah when the explosion occurred at about 9.15am local time.
		The reference to a small boat had chilling similarities to the deadly terrorist attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden in October 2000, in which 17 American sailors died when suicide bombers used a small craft to hit the destroyer.
		At the time of the attack, the Limburg was heading in to load at the Ash Shihr oil terminal.
	www.guardian.co.uk /alqaida/story/0,12469,805997,00.html (960 words)

	Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His brother, Jihad Mohammad Ali al-Makki, was one of the suicide bombers in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.
		He organized the Limburg tanker bombing in 2002, and he may have planned other attacks as well.
		On September 29, 2004, he was sentenced to death in absentia in a Yemeni court for his role in the USS Cole bombing.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Rahim_al-Nashiri (414 words)

	List of terrorist incidents - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1974 Birmingham pub bombing[?] by the IRA kills 19 dead, 182 people are injured.
		1982 Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA killl 8 members of the Household Cavalry[?] and the Royal Green Jackets[?] seven horses are also killed.
		May 12, 2003 - Suicide bombings of a United States expat housing compound in Saudi Arabia killed 29 and injured 160 in 4 attacks.
	openproxy.ath.cx /te/Terrorist_incidents.html (735 words)

	Limburg tanker bombing -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Limburg tanker bombing -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Limburg tanker boming involved the october 6, 2002 bombing of the (additional info and facts about Limburg) Limburg, a (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French oil tanker.
		(additional info and facts about Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri) Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who also planned the (additional info and facts about USS Cole bombing) USS Cole bombing, is thought to have been the mastermind of the attack.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/limburg_tanker_bombing.htm (222 words)

	Limburg tanker bombing - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	British Intelligence Service - Uncyclopedia
		Al-Qaeda is believed to be responsible for a bombing at a U.S. military facility in Riyadh in November 1995, which killed two people from India and five Americans.
		Al-Qaeda is also thought by some to be responsible for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing which killed American military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; this attack and the previous one are usually ascribed to Hizbullah.
		The 2002 Bali bombing and subsequent bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003 provide some insight into Al-Qaeda's decentralized method of operations: the attacks showed far greater coordination and effectiveness than might historically have been expected from regional terrorist networks.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/British_Intelligence_Service (5040 words)

	Counterterrorism WatchUpdates on Major Bombing Cases - AJC
		U.S.S. Cole bombing (October 2000): A Yemeni appeals court in February 2005 overturned the death sentence of Al-Qa'ida terrorist Jamal al-Badawi, sentencing him to fifteen years in prison for his role in the bombing that killed seventeen U.S. servicemen and injured thirty-three others.
		Moroccan-born Ouazzani was arrested in December 2004 on suspicion of involvement in a failed plot to bomb the National Court headquarters in Madrid.
		Ahmad Hasan is accused of having helped build the bomb and having driven the explosive-Ladin van from a West Jakarta hideout to the South Jakarta area where the embassy is located.
	www.ajc.org /site/lookup.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=1074853 (2471 words)

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		During the past five years a series of explosions has killed more than 140 people but neither the attackers nor their motives have been identified and the government has rejected accusations they are the work of religious extremists.
		Regarding his self-confessed part in the 2002 Bali bombings, the court ruled that the retrospective anti-terrorism law could not be used to prosecute him.
		Johannes Weinrich, who is serving a life sentence for a 1983 bombing in Berlin and is an alleged accomplice of Carlos the Jackal, has been acquitted of six counts of murder and 22 of attempted murder related to bombings in France in the 1980s, due to insufficient evidence.
	www.terrorismcentral.com /Newsletters/2004/082904.html (5216 words)

	Al-Qaeda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Al-Qaeda is also thought to be responsible for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing which killed American military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
		Al-Qaeda is believed to have conducted the bombings in August 1998 of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 300 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.
		Al-Qaeda was also involved in the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan, a terrorist car bombing in Kenya in November 2002, the Riyadh Compound Bombings, and the Istanbul Bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003.
	www.centipedia.com /index.php?title=Al-Qaeda&action=creativecommons (2629 words)

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	Information On: List of terrorist incidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		* 1969 A bomb in a Bank killed 16 people in Milan * 1970 October Crisis (Quebec): FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross * 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre * 1972 Bloody Friday nine are killed and many injured as Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) set of 22 bombs.
		* 1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
		Remembrance Day parade in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh is bombed by the IRA and 11 are killed and 63 injured * 1988 1988 Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie) * 1989 Ten Royal Marines bandsmen are killed and 22 injured when base in Deal, Kent is bombed by the IRA.
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