Pirates attack more ships off Somalia: official (where is the Mother ship?)

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 11-11-05 | Daniel Wallis

[emiller]

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates attacked five ships in the past week in a sharp rise of banditry apparently directed from a mysterious "mother ship" prowling the busy Indian Ocean corridor, shipping experts said on Friday.

ADVERTISEMENT

ZIP code where you park at night:

Do you currently have auto insurance? Yes No

Have you had a U.S. driver's license for more than 3 years? Yes No

Has any driver in your household had 2 or more accidents or moving violations in the last 3 years? Yes No

Most vessels escaped, but one was commandeered, bringing to seven the number of vessels now being held captive along with their crews by pirates plundering the failed state's coastline, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said

[dead]

[thulldud]

Ivan Illych Pershing perhaps?

Someday I hope to find out if that Pershing story is true. He was there at the right time, but nobody is actually on record about the pig entrails, iykwim....

[Little Ray]

Could be urban legend, but it sounds like what they did in Lebanon when some of their diplomatic personnel were kidnapped. They grabbed the suspected kidnappers' families and left "souvenirs" in various places until their people were returned unharmed.

This is the sorta thing the enemy understands. Always thought we were fighting this war the wrong way. 'Course I'm probably wrong since we're getting pretty remarkable results...

[537cant be wrong]

i bet calypso louie knows where the mother ship is.