Posted on 04/21/2008 4:12:48 PM PDT by george76
Spain appealed to France, the United States and NATO on Monday for help in ending a crisis sparked when pirates seized 26 crew members of a Spanish fishing boat off the Somali coast.
The defence ministry said a Spanish military frigate was heading to the area off east Africa, where the pirates have demanded money for the release of the crew, a day after storming the vessel armed with grenade launchers.
The coastal waters off Somalia, which has not had an effective central government for more than 17 years and is plagued by insecurity, are considered to be among the most dangerous waterways for shipping in the world.
On Monday, a major Japanese oil tanker was damaged and then chased by heavily armed pirates off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen ...
Four pirates armed with grenade launchers seized the boat some 400 kilometres (250 miles) off the coast of Somalia, Spanish media said.
The seizure came two days after a Paris court charged six Somalis with taking the crew of a French luxury yacht hostage earlier this month.
The Spanish fishing boat was seized in the same area where the French yacht was attacked...
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Rob was leading a convoy that was to resupply the Spanish garrison in Central Iraq, but the Spanish didn't bother to tell anybody that they'd pulled out of the town, abandoning it to the terrorists as they cut and ran from Iraq.
The convoy rolled into town the next morning and was hit by a very heavy ambush. Rob managed to get all of his men out of town and directed them into defensive positions until reinforcements could arrive, but he died as a result of wounds received during the initial ambush.
I meant, please tell me what is wrong about what I have told.
I know what you meant. That was what we call a joke here in America. I was being ‘sarcastic’. If you’ve read the other posts to you on this page and need further explanation, I’m afraid I can’t help you. Perhaps you should petition your government to provide better education in your public schools, if that is allowed.
I’m sorry if I seemed mean before. I feel like I kicked a puppy. I hope things get better for y’all over there. Spain used to be such a nice country.
Thank you very much. I am afraid things would get much worse before they turn better.
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