YEMEN - Oct. 16 - Tanker Blast Was 'Terror' Act.The official Saba Saba, island, Netherlands Antilles Saba (sä`bə), island (1990 est. pop. 1,100), 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Netherlands Antilles, one of the NW Leeward Islands. The rugged island is actually the cone of an extinct volcano rising to c. news agency quotes Interior Minister Rshad Al Alimi as saying the Oct. 6 blast of the French-owned super-tanker Limberg in the Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south was a "terrorist act". He adds: "It was a premeditated pre·med·i·tat·ed adj. Characterized by deliberate purpose, previous consideration, and some degree of planning: a premeditated crime. terrorist act carried out with a boat laden with explosives". Al Alimi says the authorities have identified a rented house where they suspect the boat was prepared. He says: "Tests of items collected on the ship have shown traces of explosives". (The explosion on the Limburg Limburg, province, Belgium Limburg (lĭm`bûrg, Du. lĭm`bûrkh), Fr. Limbourg, province (1991 pop. 750,435), 930 sq mi (2,409 sq km), NE Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. , which was carrying 400,000 barrels of crude, killed one crewman). Al Alimi says the authorities, together with French and US investigators, "will continue their co-operation to... arrest all the elements involved in this terrorist act and those behind them". |
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