The idea of an insider with such knowledge joining the crew of, say, an oil tanker is unnerving. A navy officer who trained at one of Britain’s most prestigious maritime colleges has fled to Syria to join the Islamic State terror group. He had previously worked for a state-owned oil tanker company in Kuwait. ‘This suddenly raises the spectre of IS damaging shipping,’ said former Royal Navy chief Admiral Lord West. Defence experts warned last night that 28-year-old Ali Alosaimi’s high-level skills and exhaustive knowledge of the nation’s shipping fleet represented a terrifying security threat.

Source: The Star May 08, 2016 05:22 UTC