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Feb 2, 2010 4:26 pm US/Eastern
Yemen To Boston LNG Shipments Approved
BOSTON (AP) - Coast Guard officials say they've developed a security plan to allow the passage of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas shipments from Yemen through the Port of Boston.
Coast Guard Capt. John Healey said the planned shipments that are set to begin at the end of the month have been under review for nearly a year.
Healey, captain of the port, declined to give details of the security plans but said he decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow each ship to an offloading area in Everett, Mass.
The tankers filled with the potentially explosive gas have become a renewed cause for concern after al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen allegedly plotted the Christmas Day attempt to bomb a U.S. passenger jet.
About 30 shipments from Yemen are expected annually.
I would bet real money if I had any that the next terrorist "incident" will result in Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pulling the plug on this little security experiment faster than it takes an LNG tanker to go boom and take out half the city.
A great deal of attention has been paid to the terror hazards associated with these huge tankers sailing under a major bridge into an enclosed harbor area, but plans to move the storage facility to a more isolated island location in Boston Harbor have gone nowhere. All the publicity has, of course, made the LNG tankers tempting targets for anyone who might try a shot at getting an explosive device onto one of these enormous floating bombs.
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This just in from WBZTV38
Feb 2, 2010 4:26 pm US/Eastern
Yemen To Boston LNG Shipments Approved
BOSTON (AP) - Coast Guard officials say they've developed a security plan to allow the passage of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas shipments from Yemen through the Port of Boston.
Coast Guard Capt. John Healey said the planned shipments that are set to begin at the end of the month have been under review for nearly a year.
Healey, captain of the port, declined to give details of the security plans but said he decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow each ship to an offloading area in Everett, Mass.
The tankers filled with the potentially explosive gas have become a renewed cause for concern after al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen allegedly plotted the Christmas Day attempt to bomb a U.S. passenger jet.
About 30 shipments from Yemen are expected annually.
I would bet real money if I had any that the next terrorist "incident" will result in Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pulling the plug on this little security experiment faster than it takes an LNG tanker to go boom and take out half the city.
A great deal of attention has been paid to the terror hazards associated with these huge tankers sailing under a major bridge into an enclosed harbor area, but plans to move the storage facility to a more isolated island location in Boston Harbor have gone nowhere. All the publicity has, of course, made the LNG tankers tempting targets for anyone who might try a shot at getting an explosive device onto one of these enormous floating bombs.
- December 16, 1773
A reminder to our politicians and 'leaders" on this day: your positions are not guaranteed. They are not yours by right, Divine or otherwise. They are yours by our consent. And our consent only. We may tolerate a lot, but never absolute tyrants. We...
-
Newsmax: US on Alert for Terrorists With Body Bombs on Planes American and European authorities say they are on alert for al-Qaida terrorists who may try to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft with body bombs, ABC News reports. Security at several airports...
- The Latest
from Fox: Bomb Materials From Yemen Found on Way to Jewish Places of Worship in Chicago Published October 29, 2010 DEVELOPING: Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared...
- Quick Summary Live Updating
No links here, updating as I can as I hear it on the news. Needless to say this is all very fluid right now. 1:35 est -- DHS increases security measures on ALL flights, passenger and cargo. Expect longer wait times at airports. Getting to be a really...
- Iran Will Fill In Every Niche Where There Is A Vacuum
Iran-backed Shi'ites in Yemen get shipments of heavy arms CAIRO -- GERTZ - Shi'ite insurgents in Yemen have received arms from abroad in the past two months. Yemeni security sources said insurgents from the Iranian-backed...