Middle East
Ship carrying car bombs sinks by Umm Qasr port
Dubai: Eleven days on from a car bomb that injured four at the port, an Iranian captain sank his vessel loaded with 65 car bombs at the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr before fleeing on a boat. The car bombs were bound for terrorists in Iraq. Iraqi naval forces have avoided diving to check the ship’s condition for fear of the bombs going off. A foreign firm specializing in decommissioning sea mines has been contacted to fix the problem. [28/08/13]