Islamist Terrorists Target Oil Tanker Traffic Again

Ariel Cohen / August 09, 2010

Last Friday, the United Arab Emirates acknowledged that damage sustained by a Japanese supertanker on July 28, 2010, in the Persian Gulf, was the result of terrorism——not a “huge wave” as was announced earlier. The attack demonstrated the increasing danger of maritime terrorism against critical energy infrastructure. Prior to this , both UAE and Iran discounted the possibility of a terrorist attack.

However, the Abdulla Azzam Brigades, an Islamist terrorist organization connected to al- Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the explosion aboard the oil supertanker last Monday, showing the picture of a man they asserted carried out a suicide attack on the tanker. (more…)