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- BusterBoy
I wonder if these Somalian pirates have patches over their eyes, peg legs and yell out "Arrrrgh"?
http://www.theage.com.au/world/s…
How the hell do they board the ships in rthe first place?
- airey0
hahaha.
- iCanHasQBN0
- Well bugger me! Apologies.BusterBoy
- no need to apologize. just informing you.iCanHasQBN
- Corvo20
I guess they present themselves as hole-piercers and every ship stands in awe of this little b&d.
- SoulFly0
The ships are loaded with crude oil it makes it so heavy it sinks almost to water level, so the pirates can climb up pretty quickly.
How the tankers cannot spot the pirate flag is what I don't understand. Pretty stupid crew if they can't tell what a pirate flag is.
- pr20
My god mother's husband is a captain on a ship and back in the day when he was 1st officer o one of those huge container ships he said there was bunch of times that pirates attacked their ship right in the port (somewhere in Latin America), i mean they tried to radio the port security but the security wasn't even responding.
- rafalski0
"Britain had earlier handed over eight suspected Somali pirates to Kenya after it obtained assurances they would get a fair trial and would not be executed, UK diplomatic and defence officials said."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/…If this isn't decadency, tell me what is. Britain used to have a naval army some 200-300 years ago whose cruelty was feared and unmatched by any pirates ever.
Now it's "here aah the pihrates, just promise you wohnt hurt them, ohkay?" Where's the honour? What happened to ripping the guts open, nailing the bowel to the mast and convincing the fellow to run with a torch and a spear, huh?
- spot on. now everyone will want to be a pirate. no disincentive.airey
- migy0
where do I sign up me hearties?
- TheBlueOne0
Pirates. Serious Business.
- Bluejam0
Steve Zissou. Serious business.
- 3030
they have AK47s rather than patches on eyes
- rafalski0
India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south…
Finally someone grew some balls.It's still far from the good tradition of hanging the pirates on the boat's spar as you return to the port in glory. Crucifying them on the beach used to work as well.
It must be hard to trace those pirates in times when satellite technology shows you every rivet on the ship.
- balls is right, firing on ships on the high seas in International waters is riskyJazX
- JazX0
Somalia is an utter sh*thole and disgrace. It's just a launching pad for rebels, terrorists and nomads.
- they are fighting for something though and not just breeding gun wielding teenagers....23kon
- .. that go on rampages at high schools and colleges like the US does.23kon
- fighting for something? what? there is no plan, no process. it's pure madnessJazX
- What in the f*ck does random high school shootings in the USA have to do with massive theft in an African country?JazX
- you're obviously very confused if you think we're breeding teens to shoot people in the USA, Mr. UK.JazX
- well that and obama is about the only news we hear from the US. tell me ... what other news23kon
- .. have you heard from somalia?
23kon - or have you just read this 1 news article and branded it a launching pad for rebels, terrorists & nomads23kon
- im pretty sure theres lots of nice people who stay there too23kon
- just like the US prob has nice people too and not just all gun wielding teenagers23kon
- that was my point23kon
- 23kon0
They've managed to get these ships without people getting killed and the news was saying that all the hostages they take are well looked after until ransoms are paid by countries or oil companies.
Good on the Pirates I say!
It's like when you hear about bank jobs where theyve got away with a rediculous amount of money and no one got hurt. Good on em!
At least they got the balls to stick up to big corporates and governments and do it big styleeee :)
This massive boat they stole is holding half a days worth of crude oil.
Im pretty sure the oil companies could afford to write that off anyways.- it's called theft.JazX
- all your software paid for is it? ever eaten a grape from a bunch before paying for it? thats theft too23kon
- you're comparing software and grapes to oil tankers!?JazX
- yup, its all relative. the oil is only half a days production. im sure photoshop is more than a days wage for ya23kon
- Actually not, but that's not a good way to compare this.JazX
- 23kon0
JazX
There is a plan ... they want ransom money!And it seems to me that there is a plan and process as they have been described as being ....
"very good at what they do. They're very well armed. Tactically, they are very good"
You are only seeing it from a Western point of view, like stated in one of the links ...
"Piracy, like terrorism, is a disease which is against everybody, and everybody must address it together,"
Folk dont just go out and fly planes into buildings, swipe hostages or become pirates because they fancy doing it.
They'll do it because they are driven to it!
Whether thats due to poverty or taking revenge for acts that have happened to them, their people or their country, persecution or kept down by their governments.I'm not condoning flying planes into buildings or revenge attacks, just saying the people that do it have a reason!
- That's piss-poor logic. Sorry pal. There's no true organization with people that do this kind of stuff.JazX
- moth0
Some people are driven to fondle children 23kon. What's your point?
- 23kon0
My point is that piracy and terrorism isnt a disease - it's a reaction against something - like poverty, being kept down by governments, their country raped and pillaged by us from the west.
They are making a point, standing up and trying to do something to either get noticed or to get themselves out of the shit-hole position they are in which in the first place may not be their own doing so but due to supression.I dont think people are driven to fondling children.
It's a sexual preference thing combined with a lack of morals.
- ukit0
interesting I was watching the news last night and they were saying that a lot of these pirates started out as just regular fishermen. Then as the foreign fishing started cutting into their business they realized they could make money by shaking down boats that entered into Somali waters. Eventually they hit up bigger and bigger targets, culminating in the Saudi tanker.
- mg330
I don't know what surprises me more: that these ships aren't armed with some kind of defenses against these pirates, or that military action of some kind hasn't been taken yet against the pirate groups. When that ship full of Russian tanks was hijacked, I figure we'd see an airstrike at some point by Russia.
Did you see that an Indian naval ship supposedly attacked and sank one of the pirate "mother ships" yesterday?
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An Indian navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, the world's most treacherous waterway, after the renegades threatened to attack the frigate.The clash happened as pirates claimed to begin negotiations over a ransom for the Saudi super-tanker that was seized nearby on Saturday with two Britons aboard. The Sirius Star, which is carrying at least $100 million worth of oil, is the biggest ship ever to be hijacked.
INS Tabar, an Indian frigate dispatched last month to the area to protect the country's merchant fleet, sighted the pirate vessel late on Tuesday. Indian officers said they spotted pirates moving on the deck with rocket propelled grenade launchers and automatic weapons.
"On repeated calls, the vessel's threatening response was that she would blow up the naval warship," the Indian Navy said in a statement.
"INS Tabar retaliated in self defence and opened fire on the mother vessel.
"As a result of the firing by INS Tabar, fire broke out on the vessel and explosions were heard, possibly due to exploding ammunition that was stored on the vessel."
“From what we see in photographs the pirate vessel is completely destroyed,” a senior officer said. Two speedboats were seen fleeing the sinking ship.
Since the Sirius Star was captured at least three other ships – one Greek, one Thai and one from Hong Kong – have been seized by Somali pirates.
Today, Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network, broadcast an audio tape that it said was one of the pirates making a ransom demand for the return of the Sirius Star.
"Negotiators are located on board the ship and on land. Once they have agreed on the ransom, it will be taken in cash to the oil tanker," said the man identified as Farah Abd Jameh. He did not indicate the amount to be paid.
"We assure the safety of the ship that carries the ransom. We will mechanically count the money and we have machines that can detect fake money," he said.
Vela International, the owners of the ship, declined to comment on the report. Seized in the Indian Ocean about 500 miles (800 kilometres) off the coast of Kenya, the Sirius Star is now thought to be anchored at the Somali pirate lair of Harardhere.
The super-tanker has a 25-strong crew -- 19 from the Philippines, two from Britain, two from Poland, one Croatian and one Saudi.
The Gulf of Aden controls access to the Suez Canal, which allows ships to go between Europe to Asia without having to take the longer and more expensive route around the southern tip of Africa. It is a crucially important route for oil tankers. The UN has said that piracy in the area is now out of control.
The German navy said yesterday that one of its frigates had foiled attacks on two ships in the Gulf of Aden, using a helicopter to chase off pirates who fled in their speedboats.
For the pirates who carry out the attacks, the allure is that of riches, the likes of which would be impossible to attain in their poverty-wracked homeland.
In September, Somali hijackers released a Japanese ship and its 21-member crew after a $2 million ransom was paid three months after its capture.
A week ago, pirates caught redhanded after trying to hijack a cargo ship off Somalia made the mistake of firing on two Royal Navy assault craft packed with commandos armed with machineguns and SA80 rifles.
Two Somali pirates in a Yemeni-registered fishing dhow were killed. A third pirate, believed to be a Yemeni, suffered injuries and subsequently died.