Report – al Qaeda Urges Followers To Track Royal Navy Ships

According to a report in the UK’s Daily Express, nuclear weapons carried aboard Royal Navy warships are high on Al Qaeda’s hit list.

The report states, followers of Osama Bin Laden are being urged to track the Ark Royal, Illustrious and Invincible in what is being called the “battle of the masts”.

A message from the Al Qaeda leadership says: “How many nuclear weapons might be on board and what would be the extent of the damage that could be caused if it was exposed to an attack?”

The last time Al Qaeda launched a large-scale seaborne attack was in October 2000 when suicide bombers in a small vessel used a 1,000lb bomb to punch a hole in the American destroyer USS Cole while it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. It killed 17 American sailors and wounded 39 more.

In a sinister development, Al Qaeda is urging its followers to monitor websites linked to ships to see if messages to wives and children reveal the vessels’ whereabouts.

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