16 pirates died after handling substance on captured Iranian ship

World Tribune ^ | 22 Oct 08 | Unknown

[LSUfan]

LONDON — An Iranian ship captured by Somali pirates carried sealed containers of a powdery substance believed to be nuclear or chemical weapons agents.

Western intelligence agencies have been monitoring the capture of the Iran Deyanat, seized by Somali pirates on Aug. 21. The cargo ship, owned and operated by the state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, or IRISL, contains sealed cargo thought to be linked to the death of 16 pirates.

[LSUfan]

This is a significant story that the mainstream media appears to be striving to ignore.

[Elpasser]

A two-fer!

[George from New England]

I would venture to suggest that some overflying plane seeded something above the plane one night that had this effect. Maybe even some secret chemical technology that had an antidote that was given later to the hostages. Secret so no one is talking about it.

[steveo]

baby milk powder...

[BGHater]

Toxic waste.

[boomop1]

I wonder where the target of this cargo was..

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

YAAARRGGHH!! Dis calls for me bottle of me finest Ayatollah rum!

[Reaganesque]

Arrrrr!!! Thud!

[Roccus]

It appears that the Somali pirates may very well have saved Israel from a dirty bomb attack. Someday we may even find that the CIA and/or Mossad had a hand in it as well.

[stefanbatory]

would have made an interesting boom in an Israeli port...thank God for muslim pirates...

[Islander7]

Hijacked Iranian Ship Was A Dirty Bomb Meant For Israel On Yom Kippur

The ship has since been released and story found here.

Hijacked Iranian Ship was a Dirty Bomb Meant for Israel on Yom Kippur

(שִׁירָת דְּבורָה)

On August 21st, 2008, the MV Iran Deyant, 44,458 dead weight bulk carrier was heading towards the Suez Canal. As it was passing the Horn of Africa, about 80 miles southeast of al-Makalla in Yemen, the ship was surrounded by speedboats filled with members of a gang of Somalian pirates who grab suitable commercial ships and hold them and their cargos and crews for ransom. The captain was defenseless against the 40 pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades blocking his passage. He had little choice other than to turn his ship over to them. What the pirates were not banking on, however, was that this was no ordinary ship.

More at the link.

[MplsSteve]

I’m having a SCHADENFREUDE kind of moment right now!

[Principled]

Western intelligence agencies ben monitorin’ th’ capture o’ th’ Iran Deyanat, seized by Somali swashbucklers on Aug. 21. Th’ cargo ship, owned an’ operated by th’ state-owned Islamic Republic o’ Iran Shippin’ Lines, or IRISL, contains sealed cargo thought t’ be linked t’ th’ Davy Jones’ locker o’ 16 swashbucklers.

http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl

[farmer18th]

Oh, dear, dear, dear. Muslims killing Muslims. Don’t they brief each other at the jihad meetings?

[trailboss800]

Can we float that ship in pirate waters again and wait to see who boards?

[BenLurkin]

What do we know about this news source?

[Palladin]

They should be leading with this story. This is huge.

[Sooth2222]

Within days, the pirates sustained skin burns, lost hair and became critically ill. Soon after, at least 16 pirates died.

Not to dash our hopes -- but 40 pirates from a 4th world country could probably manage to do almost as much damage to themselves in the paint department of Home Depot.

(No, NO, NOOOOO! It's paint stripper not booze!)

[Rameumptom]

>>baby milk powder...

From China.

[garyhope]

Pardon me if I don’t understand why any ship in those waters goes unarmed. Seems like guys on tall deck shooting down into small boats would have an advantage.

Why is there no protective navy in that region more well equipped than the pirates?

Why not just kill the pirates on sight? Kill em all, heck with em.