Attack Boats Bomb Iraqi Offshore Rig

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Attack Boats Bomb Iraqi Offshore Rig

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 656481.stm

Coming in now sketchy though, seems today has been one fucking disaster after another with these attacks.
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Oh damn it. :x
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Numero uno reason Iraq is so tasty to us; the oil. So that's what they go after now, though obviously the security stepping up since they last tried this has hampered their efforts somewhat.
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This isn't much of a disaster with zero damage to the terminal. Hopefully the boarding team's losses weren't too heavy though.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:This isn't much of a disaster with zero damage to the terminal. Hopefully the boarding team's losses weren't too heavy though.
I rather suspect that orders will now be warnings then shoot, rather than warnings then board.
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The bombers didn't get through, attack unsuccessful.
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