Terrorists plan to ‘blow up oil tankers and hijack cargo ships’ passing through Gibraltar to wreak havoc on global economy
al-Qaeda chiefs have reportedly instructed militants to target Gibraltar Strait
Thousands of gallons of oil pass through Mediterranean waters every year
Plot involves blowing up tankers with explosives or running aground cargo
NATO ships patrol the Strait responsible for 65 per cent of West’s oil
By Jennifer Smith
DailyMailUK
26 October 2014
Terror chiefs have instructed militants to target oil tankers passing through the Gibraltar Strait on their way to the west in a bid to wreak havoc on the economy, experts claim.
Jihadis have been told to sabotage the journey of thousands of tankers either with explosives or by hijacking cargo ships and run them aground.
The plans were revealed in a new al-Qaeda magazine, Resurgence, which also described British oil workers in the Middle East as at risk.
More than 100,000 ships pass through the Straight between Morocco and Europe every year including an estimated 5,000 oil tankers headed for the West.
‘This is not the first time threats have been made to target merchant ships passing through the Strait, a Gibraltar government source told the Sunday Express.
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