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South Korea on alert for possible Al Qaeda ship
Khaleej Times, (AFP)
30 October 2003
SEOUL - South Korean security authorities were ready to carry out on-board inspections of a Bahama-registered freighter after being tipped off that the ship might carry some members of Al-Qaeda, police said on Thursday.
The 17,000-tonne freighter, the Athenia, which was suspected of carrying members of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda group, was due to arrive at the southwestern port of Kunsan late Thursday, the police said.
“We have been informed that Al Qaeda members might be hiding in the ship,” a police officer in charge of foreign affairs in Kunsan Police station told AFP.
“When the ship reaches the port, maritime police agents and immigration authorities will get aboard the ship and carry out sweeping inspections,” he said.
The Bahama-registered freighter, carrying logs, was sailing from New Zealand, the Moonhwa Daily reported Seoul said.
South Korea hosts some 37,000 US troops and there are many US military facilities in Kunsan including an airbase.
The alert came as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to visit South Korea next month.
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