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To: Nick Danger
...to determine which were pirates and which were legitimate crew members, Hull-Ryde said.

That's an interesting distinction! Is it a pay-grade thing? "Congratulations, Ahmed! You are being promoted from legitimate crew member to pirate! Your parents must be proud!"

10 posted on 01/22/2006 9:31:21 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: COBOL2Java

You might want to read it again. It says the ship was taken SIX DAYS ago by the pirates. It seems the crew was being forced to sail the thing.


15 posted on 01/22/2006 9:47:25 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (Justice and "The Law" are not always the same thing.)
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