mysterious damage to the side of a Japanese tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in July has concluded the ship was indeed the victim of a terrorist blast. The probe accepted the claim of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an Al-Qaeda clone, to have sent a small boat with explosives into the side of the Japanese tanker. Little damage was done and no crude leaked from the loaded vessel. Maritime specialists told Reuters the problem was the lack of coordination between Iran and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf on security measures, which allows a group like the Abdullah Azzam Brigades to have free access to the Strait.
