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  • superjames1992
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    • Jun 2007
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    Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa...tes/index.html
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  • Heelfan71
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    • Jul 2002
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    Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

    argh ! Shiver me timbers.....
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    • RAZRr1275
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      • Sep 2007
      • 9918

      #3
      Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

      Pirates. They really need to do something about this. And why oil?
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      • Cebby
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        • Apr 2005
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        #4
        Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

        As the saying goes, you buy one pirate, you get two more.

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        • Darkleaf
          MVP
          • Feb 2006
          • 1685

          #5
          Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

          Originally posted by RAZRr1275
          Pirates. They really need to do something about this. And why oil?
          Hopefully some kind of escort, surprising they even come within 500 miles of this country.

          That ship has 100 million dollars worth of oil on board. Not to mention it is a state of the art super expensive ship empty.
          Strap some C4 on it and all of a sudden you have a possibly lucrative ransom/Disaster.

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          • Scottdau
            Banned
            • Feb 2003
            • 32580

            #6
            Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

            They sank on of the pirates mother ship too. So it looks like they aren't playing with pirates any more!

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            • Blaxican8504
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              • Jul 2002
              • 4150

              #7
              Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

              This probably explains why we haven't seen Yaoza post in a while.

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              • Darkleaf
                MVP
                • Feb 2006
                • 1685

                #8
                Re: Somali Pirates Take Over Oil Tanker With British Crew on Board

                Wow! It pays very well apparently. 50 million..In 08..Why this has been allowed to go on for so long is baffling.


                Only a few years ago, the average ransom was in the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now payments can range from $500,000 to $2 million.
                The pirates' profits are set to reach a record $50 million in 2008, Somali officials say. Shipping firms are usually prepared to pay, because the sums are low compared with the value of the ships.

                http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/...a/19pirate.php

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