ISIS Wants to Build Naval Forces for Attacks on Cruise Ships

(Telegraph-UK) Ben Farmer - Islamic State militants hope to build a maritime arm that could carry out attacks in the Mediterranean as their march along the Libyan coast has cast an "uncomfortable shadow" across shipping, said Vice-Adml. Clive Johnstone. The spread of sophisticated Russian and Chinese weapons to armed groups in the region also means there is now the "horrible opportunity" a cruise liner or container ship could be hit, the commander of NATO's maritime command warned.


2016-02-02 00:00:00

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