Double Hijack of "Arctic Sea" (ongoing)

[Carsten Wiethoff]

The word of today (actually yesterday) must be „stupid“.
Jukka Laaksonen, head of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, had a bad day yesterday.

Missing cargo ship was tested for radiation: official[/FONT]
The missing cargo ship the Arctic Sea was checked for radioactive material before it left port in Finland, but tests turned out negative, the Finnish nuclear agency said Sunday. [/FONT]
Jukka Laaksonen, the head of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, said "stupid" firefighters decided to conduct tests on the ship at the port of Pietarsaari even though there was no reason to believe it contained radioactive material. [/FONT]
"Some fireman for some reason thought that there might be some radioactivity involved in this shipment and that was a very stupid idea. There was no basis for that," Laaksonen told AFP. [/FONT]
British and Finnish newspapers reported Sunday that the ship could be carrying a "secret" and radioactive cargo that could explain why the ship was attacked on the Baltic Sea and then vanished before being spotted off Cape Verde. [/FONT]
"It's just a stupid rumour," Laaksonen said. [/FONT]
"Some stupid firemen who don't know anything about radiation got such an idea. And then they checked and of course got nothing," he said. [/FONT]
Finnish police said Saturday that a ransom demand was made for the Maltese-flagged ship, which is operated by Helsinki-based Solchart Management and has a crew of 15 Russian sailors. [/FONT]
The demand raised hopes for the fate of the ship, which left Finland on July 23 bound for the Algerian port of Bejaia, carrying a cargo of 1.16 million euros (1.7 million dollars) worth of sawn timber. [/FONT]

I cannot agree more. It is really stupid, that stupid firemen got themselves filmed checking out a stupid rumour, thereby practically admitting foreknowledge.
So people, forget about drugs, this is the real deal. Any bets, where the material came from (Russia, US, Israel) and where it will end (Iran, Iraq (some WMD, finally found!), North Korea, Pakistan…)?