11-21-2008, 10:39 PM
Somali pirates had better look over their shoulder !
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11-21-2008, 11:27 PM
where in god's name can you hide a supertanker while you are ransoming it?
11-22-2008, 12:37 AM
"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...
11-22-2008, 12:56 AM
Racer, I don't think they even bother to try to hide the ships.
11-22-2008, 01:23 AM
jimbrady wrote: I loved that line.
11-22-2008, 03:14 AM
They can surely deduct the $500K as business expense. Isn't there more oil in that tanker than the ransom?
11-22-2008, 02:41 PM
Dakota wrote: Yep, the cargo is worth more than the ransom but the pirates are not GREEDY.:biggrin:
11-22-2008, 04:50 PM
Rush had the best line when he said Moodys has raised Somali Pirates ratings to AAA. Or that they may buy up Citi Group!
11-22-2008, 06:03 PM
Racer X wrote: 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/...index.html |
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