A Sri Lanka Rice Cargo Ship Sinks Near Chittagong Harbor – 16 Crew Men Resc...

"A Sri Lankan cargo vessel carrying 3609 tons of rice was sunk off Banglades’s Chiitagong harbor after colliding with a Panamanian empty tanker , the harbor authorities said. Radio Controller of Chittagong Port Authoritiy,Wahidur Rahman said, “After receiving an SOS from...

Govt to sink foreign poaching fish in RI waters: minister

""We have to be strict. Foreign fishing boats or any foreign ship entering or operating in Indonesian waters illegally will be sunk," he said after witnessing the signing of an agreement on Standard Operating Procedures between his ministry, the National Police and the...

Crews missing in Black Sea storm

" Last Updated: Monday, 12 November 2007, 15:25 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version Crews missing in Black Sea storm Several vessels have run aground during the storm Enlarge Image Rescuers are searching for 20 sailors missing after a powerful storm hit the Azov...

U-864 threatens North Sea mercury spill

German submarine U-864 was sunk by the Royal Navy some 62 years ago. She now lies on the bottom of the North Sea at a depth of 500 feet, just off the isle of Fedje. The exact location was discovered by the Norwegian navy in 2003, prompting research into U-864’s final...

September 1941 -- U.S. attacking German submarines

Some American sailors were actually seeing action a few weeks before Pearl Harbor. And BEFORE September 1941, there was a very small number of American civilians, who resided in Britain and Germany, who had already volunteered to work or fight, for the country where they...

The Pearl Harbor Strike Force

"At least 350 Japanese planes swarmed over Oahu. Five American battleships were sunk. The back of the Arizona was broken in a catastrophic explosion, actually captured on film. It remains today a memorial to the attack. The Oklahoma rolled over and was eventually righted but...

FDR Let It Happen On Purpose

January 27, 1941 :: The American Ambassador to Tokyo, Joseph C. Grew, informed President Roosevelt's State Department that Pearl Harbor would be the first target in the event of trouble with the Japanese.  

Every Copy Of The *Winds* Message Mysteriously Vanished

The Roosevelt administration knew through reading the Japanese naval traffic, that all Japanese merchant vessels were to return to their home waters by December 7, 1941. They also knew a lot more than just this.

Secretary Of State Said The Attack's Time And Place Was Known

October 16, 1941 - After meeting FDR, Secretary of War Henry Stimson wrote: "We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move -- overt move." On November 25, 1941 - After meeting...

The Most Enlightened And Best Informed People In All The World

"I want you to know that your government has no information which it has any thought of withholding from you.... You are, I believe, the most enlightened and best informed people in all the world." President Franklin D. Roosevelt. September 1939.