Japanese tanker bombed by Al Qaeda in Strait of Hormuz, no fatalities

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• 8/6/10, BBC, "Japan tanker was damaged in a terror attack, UAE says"

• There were no fatalities from the relatively small blast.

"A Japanese tanker damaged last week in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman was the target of a terrorist attack, the United Arab Emirates state-run news agency has said.

• It said remains of home-made explosives had been found on the hull of the M Star, which was damaged last week while travelling from Qatar to Japan.

Two days ago, an al-Qaeda-linked group said it was responsible.

• Officials previously said the ship may have been involved in a collision....

A statement signed by a "battalion" of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which is linked to al-Qaeda, said

• one of its suicide bombers was responsible for the blast."...

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