SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? EXPLOSIVES
Mar 27, 2003, 12:54 pm
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SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? EXPLOSIVES
SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? EXPLOSIVES
The Age (Australia)
The British had initially boarded the ordinary looking tug in the Khawrabd Allah River on the first day of the war [in Iraq] looking for mines and weapons. They found nothing. The same evening a US coastguard cutter took a look, with the same result. The next morning two Australian inflatable boats were sent to make a final check. They did the one thing the other two teams did not: ask. According to an
officer in the boarding party the interrogation went something like this: "So, mate, have you got any weapons or explosives on board? "The captain didn't just say yes, he drew a picture showing how the 45-litre
steel drums lined up on the deck had been welded together and then split down the middle to make a hinged shelter for dozens of mines."
"Explosive! Explosive!" the captain reportedly said, pointing to the drums and a raft towed behind the tug.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...653748120.html
The Age (Australia)
The British had initially boarded the ordinary looking tug in the Khawrabd Allah River on the first day of the war [in Iraq] looking for mines and weapons. They found nothing. The same evening a US coastguard cutter took a look, with the same result. The next morning two Australian inflatable boats were sent to make a final check. They did the one thing the other two teams did not: ask. According to an
officer in the boarding party the interrogation went something like this: "So, mate, have you got any weapons or explosives on board? "The captain didn't just say yes, he drew a picture showing how the 45-litre
steel drums lined up on the deck had been welded together and then split down the middle to make a hinged shelter for dozens of mines."
"Explosive! Explosive!" the captain reportedly said, pointing to the drums and a raft towed behind the tug.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...653748120.html
