Source: Uganda Daily Monitor
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
