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Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - samintx - 11-21-2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict_8
Wow, this should solve the problem FAST !
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - Racer X - 11-21-2008
where in god's name can you hide a supertanker while you are ransoming it?
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - jimbrady - 11-22-2008
"A pirate identifying himself as Jamii Adam told the Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that... the ransom demanded was not excessive... it had cost the pirates $500,000 to seize the vessel. "We bore many costs to hijack it," he said."
Well, since he puts it that way...
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - swampy - 11-22-2008
Racer, I don't think they even bother to try to hide the ships.
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - vision63 - 11-22-2008
jimbrady wrote:
"A pirate identifying himself as Jamii Adam told the Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that... the ransom demanded was not excessive... it had cost the pirates $500,000 to seize the vessel. "We bore many costs to hijack it," he said."
Well, since he puts it that way...
I loved that line.
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - Mac1337 - 11-22-2008
They can surely deduct the $500K as business expense. Isn't there more oil in that tanker than the ransom?
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - samintx - 11-22-2008
Dakota wrote:
They can surely deduct the $500K as business expense. Isn't there more oil in that tanker than the ransom?
Yep, the cargo is worth more than the ransom but the pirates are not GREEDY.:biggrin:
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - Mac1337 - 11-22-2008
Rush had the best line when he said Moodys has raised Somali Pirates ratings to AAA. Or that they may buy up Citi Group!
Re: Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder ! - GGD - 11-22-2008
Racer X wrote:
where in god's name can you hide a supertanker while you are ransoming it?
It seems that it wasn't their first oil tanker, they just released a smaller one that they captured in September.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/22/pirates.somalia.ship.released.ap/index.html