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Old 07-28-10, 03:02 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
French I can understand, but what does Al'Qaeda have to gain by hitting Japanese shipping, they're not exactly up there on the Islamic hit list.
However, if one wants to stir things up in the area then nationality is not a concern.
They hit Japanese tankers back in the 1980's (Three, two damaged- one unk prob mine, one by an F-4, one MiG-23 attack missed). In fact the Iranians were very indiscriminate with their attacks.
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