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5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share
Comcast.net News ^
| Jan. 10, 2008
| Unknown
Posted on 01/10/2009 5:32:14 AM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drowning; gulfofaden; hostages; maritime; piracy; saudiarabia; siriusstar; somalipirates
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:32:14 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
I hope they recovered the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:33:18 AM PST
by
FES0844
(FES0844)
To: decimon
“This never happened to Johnny Depp-—! Glug, glug, glug...”
To: decimon
Don’t they teach Pirates how to swim anymore? What’s this world coming to??
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:36:17 AM PST
by
2harddrive
(...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
To: decimon
Wonderfully ironic? Yep...
Moral dilemma: Had you been there, would you have thrown them a line?
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:37:34 AM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion)
To: PubliusMM
Moral dilemma: Had you been there, would you have thrown them a line?You mean with the money or without? ;-)
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:40:08 AM PST
by
decimon
To: 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”?
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:42:18 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: decimon
Good point. I was thinking only about the poor pirates, not the money. Money can be reprinted...just look at the Feds.
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:44:20 AM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion)
To: decimon
They paid ransome, or funded terrorism?
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:46:14 AM PST
by
chemicalman
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: samtheman
After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldnt you want to fake your own death and have your bodies and the money disappear?Sherlock, is that you!!?
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:48:50 AM PST
by
sirchtruth
(Gravity Of The Situation...)
To: Jeremiah Jr
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.
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:50:15 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.)
To: decimon
Maybe I have read too many novels,.....But, This looks like a cover story.
To: 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 wouldnt 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.
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posted on
01/10/2009 5:54:11 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Maybe they shouldn’t have paid them off in pennies.
To: samtheman
After shaking down the richest muzzies in the world for millions of dollars wouldnt 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.
To: decimon
whatz 8 times 72 virgins?
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posted on
01/10/2009 6:04:51 AM PST
by
Babu
To: Babu
whatz 8 times 72 virgins?Frustration beyond imagining.
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posted on
01/10/2009 6:11:26 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
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.
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posted on
01/10/2009 6:11:52 AM PST
by
csvset
To: decimon
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
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posted on
01/10/2009 6:13:39 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
To: decimon
They should sprinkle the ransom funds with anthrax, so that the pirates and all who share in their booty go away, miserably.
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posted on
01/10/2009 6:14:20 AM PST
by
wgflyer
(Liberalism is to society what HIV is to the immune system.)
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