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Coast Guard Prepares for Terrorist Threat during G-8 Summit.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2004
By Michael Fabey, Savannah Morning News, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 11--Freighter hijackings and terrorist swimmers are among key concerns of the U.S. Coast Guard as it prepares to secure area waterways for the upcoming G-8 Sea Island Summit, according to agency briefing papers prepared late last week.
The documents provide a list of potential threats after warning: "Terrorist scenarios are receiving attention at all levels."
Feared actions include:
--Executing a USS Cole-type incident, which took place in 2000, when terrorists blew a hole in the hull of a Navy ship in the Middle East.
--Grounding vessels.
--Taking control of a vessel and steering it into a protected zone.
--Swimming...
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