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March 18, 2005
Terrorists Training Scuba Divers To Attack Ships
The Associated Press reports that two al-Qaida-linked groups in Southeast Asia are training terrorists in scuba diving for seaborne terror attacks.

In the past year, the Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah has given Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines at least $18,500 for explosives training alone, the report said.

The report comes a month after the U.S. Coast Guard announced it is seeking to better protect the nation's ports from terrorist attacks by scuba divers by developing a sonar system that can distinguish human swimmers from dolphins.

Concerns about terrorist strikes by scuba divers were raised three years ago after the FBI announced it was investigating whether al-Qaida operatives took scuba training to help blow up ships at anchor, power plants, bridges, depots or other waterfront targets.

From California Yankee.

Posted by Dan Spencer at March 18, 2005 08:07 AM | TrackBack
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Is the Navy still training dolphins with knife points affixed to their snouts, or has PETA rained on that parade, too?

I heard they had it down pretty good. A dolphin traveling at 20 knots under water can split you ear to foot in under a second.

I know they had a couple trained, but I never heard what happened to the program after that. Does anyone know if it's still a go?

Posted by: torpedo_eight [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 20, 2005 02:14 PM

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