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Karma---
Serves the bas s right.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...348285872.html
(the only other substantive story was an AP story that can't be posted here)
Six members of a group of Somali pirates who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom.
The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of Kenya in a storm as they left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff that ended on Friday, a pirate and a relative of one of the dead men said.
"Six of our boys perished at the sea while coming from the released Saudi supertanker," Mohamed Said told the AFP news agency.
"The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded and at high speed, we have been told by the survivors.
"They were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign naval forces] who invaded Somalia waters," he said.
The group's $300,000 share of the ransom was also lost, he said.
Three pirates reached shore after swimming for several hours, pirate Daud Nure said on Saturday.
"There has been human and monetary loss but what makes us feel sad is that we don't still have the dead bodies of our relatives. Four are still missing and one washed up on the shore," Abukar Haji, the uncle of one of the dead men, said.
Piracy increasing
The Sirius Star, owned by the shipping arm of oil giant Aramco, was carrying crude oil valued at $100m when it was hijacked on November 15.
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi said on Saturday that the crew was safe and returning to the Gulf coast city of Dammam.
An Iranian-chartered cargo ship was also released by pirates, Iran's state television reported.
It said the ship Delight was carrying 36 tons of wheat when it was attacked in the Gulf of Aden on November 18 and seized by pirates.
All 25 crew are in good health and the vessel is sailing toward Iran, the TV report said.
The US Navy announced this week that it will head a new anti-piracy task force after more than 100 ships were attacked last year.
Other countries, including Russia and India, have sent naval ships to patrol waters around the Horn of Africa as acts of piracy increasingly threaten the safe passage of maritime cargo through the Gulf Aden towards the Suez Canal.
Somali pirates are holding 17 ships and more than 250 crew members hostage, and have carried out more than 100 attacks in the last year.
Karma---
They weighted too long.
Six less to worry about.
See, this is exactly why we've had such a cold winter this year.
This offers conclusive proof of the existence and goodness of our one true god, the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
We have the best Navy in the world, I say we use it on these ers.
Are you sure they are real Pirates? I checked out all the torrent sites and have yet to see them.
this is a lie. they are faking the deaths and total loss of ransom so nobody will come after them
Instant Karma.
Best machines in the world all ran by less bureaucrats.
To date, only India and maybe China has stepped up to the plate.
Last edited by Rockhound; 01-11-2009 at 11:55 AM.
One wash ashore with the cash on him
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/717...up-with-200000
so, anyone want to go to scuba dive in the area and take the other 2 million+ ?
Yes, spend more money by going after these guys since we are almost bankrupt right now.
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