Sanya Sink at Sea

[Berra]

I have been reading Gunnar Ekbergs interesting book, De ska ju ändå dö, so I did some research. Strangely enough, I had a hard time finding information on the incident mentioned in the quote. Anyway, what if the bomb explode at sea?

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With the increase of Israeli navy activities in the Lebanese arena during 1971, PLO and other Palestinian terrorist organizations focused on collecting intelligence on Israeli ship movements and harbor visits in European cities and Cyprus, in order to conduct maritime terrorist operations using mines placed by divers; and developing other maritime capabilities, including remote controlled boats and divers brought by a mother ship, in order to attack Israeli ships, especially tankers, in Israeli harbors. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) under Dr. George Habash, stated that Israel, as an abandoned island, surrounded by enemies, can only stay in contact with friendly states by air or sea transportation … “hence we must block these lines”.[24] Their developed expertise led to the sinking of the Greek charter ship Sanya on March 4, 1973 in the Beirut harbor.[25] Carrying 250 U.S. tourists bound for Haifa, Israel, it appeared that an attached mine detonated prematurely, as Fatah and Black September later claimed that the mine was designed to explode in Haifa.

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