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Offline Magogman

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Arctic Sea revisited
« on: September 01, 2009, 02:06:46 AM »
In a story from the U.S. weekly news magazine "TIME" (www.time.com) posted on the Yahoo news site (www.yahoo.com) on August 31, 20009 in the U.S. ---this is one of the longer news articles I have seen posted on yahoo-- there is an interesting theory postulated that the Arctic Sea was carrying cargo in addition to the stated lumber aboard, namely missles an/ or weapons destined to the Middle East (Syria, Iran).  The author of the article further postulates that the ship was tracked and boarded by agents from Israell.

I have no idea about the veracity of the author's hypotheses but the events as related by the news media and Russia certainly were hard to believe on face value.  This reads more like a novel and certainly would make a good one!!!!

At any rate the Arctic Sea saga is one of the more interesting and intriguing maritime events of this this past summer and one that has not been fully explained or at least explained in completely  :-o believable terms.
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Offline Gilles Barnichon

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Re: Arctic Sea revisited
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 01:52:34 PM »
Sadly, I could not find the story. Do you have a more precise link ? Thanks for help and regards.


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Re: Arctic Sea revisited
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 06:54:51 PM »
I felt a little smug, reading that.
See my "conspiracy theory" posted on 18 August.
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Re: Arctic Sea revisited
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2009, 10:42:44 PM »
When was the Arctic Sea "recovered"?

This article doesn't sound right.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28380600.htm

It's all about the timing? Malta says nothing, UAE says nothing.

I know it's a real stretch. Food for thought kinda thing.

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Re: Arctic Sea revisited
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2009, 10:51:30 AM »
EU Official: Story of "Hijacked" Ship a Cover-Up for Missile Delivery

Russian officials arrested eight people in August believed to have
hijacked the cargo ship Arctic Sea, which went missing for two weeks in
European waters before the Russian navy recovered it. The government
says that the hijackers threatened to blow up the Maltese-registered
ship, which was crewed by eight Russians and carrying $1.3 billion worth
of timber, if their demands were not met.

But the EU rapporteur on piracy, Tarmo Kouts, has told Time that
Russia's odd behavior during the ordeal suggests that the disappearance
was meant to cover up sales of weapons to the Middle East.

"There is the idea that there were missiles aboard, and one can't
explain this situation in any other way," he told the magazine. "As a
sailor with years of experience, I can tell you that the official
versions are not realistic."

As a former commander of the Estonian military, however, his motives
regarding rival Russia aren't necessarily pure. Still, other skeptics
have expressed similar doubts about the official story as the Russian
government has released very few facts.

"To put it plainly: The Arctic Sea was carrying some sort of
anti-aircraft or nuclear contraption intended for a nice, peaceful
country like Syria, and they were caught with it," journalist Yulia
Latynina wrote last month in the Moscow Times
(http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1016/42/380923.htm).

Read original story in Time | Tuesday, 1 Sep 2009:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1919342,00.html

Rgds,Ken

 

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