5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share

Comcast.net News ^ | Jan. 10, 2008 | Unknown

[decimon]

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town resident said Saturday.

Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden that ended Friday.

[FES0844]

I hope they recovered the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[Darkwolf377]

“This never happened to Johnny Depp-—! Glug, glug, glug...”

[2harddrive]

Don’t they teach Pirates how to swim anymore? What’s this world coming to??

[PubliusMM]

Wonderfully ironic? Yep...

Moral dilemma: Had you been there, would you have thrown them a line?

[decimon]

Moral dilemma: Had you been there, would you have thrown them a line?

You mean with the money or without? ;-)

[samtheman]

My first thought is to not believe this. This was ransom from the Saudi tanker, right? After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldn’t you want to fake your own death and have your bodies and the money “disappear”?

[PubliusMM]

Good point. I was thinking only about the poor pirates, not the money. Money can be reprinted...just look at the Feds.

[chemicalman]

They paid ransome, or funded terrorism?

[sirchtruth]

After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldn’t you want to fake your own death and have your bodies and the money “disappear”?

Sherlock, is that you!!?

[Ezekiel]

Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm...

How Conveeenient.

Why didn't Bernie Madoff think of this? What a maroon.

[Shanty Shaker]

Maybe I have read too many novels,.....But, This looks like a cover story.

[decimon]

My first thought is to not believe this. This was ransom from the Saudi tanker, right? After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldn’t you want to fake your own death and have your bodies and the money “disappear”?

Eight of a reported dozens of pirates were on that particular boat. Five of the eight died. I don't see that faking the deaths adds up.

[Shooter 2.5]

Maybe they shouldn’t have paid them off in pennies.

[Right Wing Assault]

After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldn’t you want to fake your own death and have your bodies and the money “disappear”?

These guys aren't smart enough to pull that off.

[Babu]

whatz 8 times 72 virgins?

[decimon]

whatz 8 times 72 virgins?

Frustration beyond imagining.

[csvset]

Yargh! Drug down to the murky deeps by too much booty!

Avast there Davey Jones, Somali pirates are bringing loot to store in your locker.

[MaxMax]

Abdakirka: hold my Dirka Dirka grenades
Alabirdnest: Okie, I'll stow your Dirka Dirka grenades in my panties
Abdakirka: Oh NOES, "splish splash" DIRKA DIRKA, DAMN YOU BUSH!

There's a moral to this story somewhere. /dirka dirka

[wgflyer]

They should sprinkle the ransom funds with anthrax, so that the pirates and all who share in their booty go away, miserably.