Al Qaeda’s Next Target: American Oil Tankers -- Sarah Kaufman & Saar Fresco, Vocativ
The group's newest publication talks about attacking U.S. supertankers and screwing up the oil supply chain
Al Qaeda discusses strategic attacks on chokepoints of oil shipments from the Middle East to the West in its first issue of “Resurgence,” an English-language propaganda magazine posted to al Qaeda online forum Shamikh1.info. In a 117-page issue produced by As-Sahab, a new South Asia al Qaeda media branch, the group lays out the American oil flow system in detail and suggests the interruption of that flow with attacks.
The extremists have recently taken a back seat in western media to their more evil counterparts, ISIS, but they are still plotting the destruction of America. In an article called, “On Targeting the Achilles Heel of Western Economies,” Hamza Khalid writes that the way for al Qaeda to weaken the U.S. is to carry out a “multi-pronged strategy that focuses not only on attacking American military presence in the Muslim world, but also targeting the super-extended energy supply line that fuels their economies and helps to sustain their military strength.” al Qaeda is going straight for American oil chokepoints, like the Straits of Gibraltar, the Straits of Hormuz, the Suez canal, or the Bab El Mendeb Strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Some spots are narrow enough for insurgents to lurk in the bushes and launch RPG attacks on passing ships.
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My Comment: Plotting to cause an immense environmental catastrophe makes no sense to me .... but to those who support Al Qaeda .... this is a smart strategy.
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Well as you know this has been my pet theory for a long time. I wouldn't be surprised if this is what they intend to use those old Migs for that they've captured.
Al Qaeda Mig attack versus the firefighting skills of the crew of an oil tanker.
They would not even have to actually attack to cause problems, just make an announcement that you intend to attack oilers with these planes somewhere, sometime soon, and just watch what happens to the price of oil. How would you defend these ships economically? Of course I think the best thing to is to hunt these planes down and destroy them, but who knows in this political environment?
James. It's the fact that you mentioned such a scenario a little while back is why I posted it. And you are right. Just making a public announcement will spook the markets.
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