Driver intentionally derailed speeding train to destroy US hospital ship

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An extraordinary story from the Associated Press that really has to be read to be believed – and even then you might have trouble lending it credence. A train driver in Los Angeles – a port which has significant amounts of on-dock rail – has been charged with terrorism offences after he allegedly tried to crash the train he was controlling into the US Navy’s hospital ship, Mercy, which was docked at the port, and which he suspected “had an alternate ...