Bombing of the Limburg

The Limburg bombing was a bomb attack by al-Qaeda against the French oil tanker Limburg (since renamed Maritime Jewel). On October 6, 2002, the Limburg was carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil from Iran to Malaysia, and was in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen to pick up another load of oil. It was registered under a French-flag and had been chartered by the Malaysian petrol firm Petronas. While it was some miles offshore, an explosives-laden dinghy ra... More

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  • Oct 6, 2002

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  • Limburg (ship) bombing

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