Posted on 01/10/2009 8:06:12 PM PST by rdl6989
SIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday.
Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday, Mohamed Said said by phone from the port of Harardhere.
“The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded . . . they were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign navies of the combined maritime forces],” he said.
Mohamud Aden, a resident of the port off which the tanker had been anchored watched by the warships, said: “The capsize was an accident. The pirates were full of joy and partially frightened by the presence of foreign war machines and were speeding. That was a tragedy for the pirates.”
In all, several dozen raiders had held the ship and its 25-member crew, including two Britons, to ransom. They were well-armed and disciplined but as soon as they got the ransom a shootout nearly broke out, it was reported.
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What’s YOUR wallet?
Well, that and a B-52 carpet bombing run
Ho, ho, ho.
At last, a happy ending.
Bad News Good news
Good news :Six Pirates dead.
Bad news: Others survived.
lol....Just love headlines that draw a chuckle everyone once in awhile. Guess the captain did check the weight capacity of his tub. Karma’s a b-— I tell ya.
” That was a tragedy for the pirates.””
WTHeck!!! who cares, its a tragedy that any survived. I’m guessing some UN boat stopped to help and sent them on their merry way.
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE PIRATE ISSUE SMELLS FUNNY!!!!!!!!
WHY DONT THEY JUST SURROUND THE BOAT AND WHEN THEY TRY TO GET OFF TO LEAVE with the money, SINK THEM
I mean it is a lot like kidnapping a tree- you know where it is and where the suspects are...
I am wondering what NEW WORLD ORDER laws wil be created and forced upon all of us, to solve this “problem”
You are absolutely correct. It doesn’t add up.... unless your theory is correct.
Did we save the money?
That was a tragedy for the pirates
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No, the death of Clemente was a tragedy for the Pirates.
L.O.S.T.?
I’m afraid the loot is locked up in “Davey Jones Locker”.
hmmm... they didn’t get as much ransom as they expected... and had some personnel losses to boot.
sounds like they need a bail-out
.Damn, wasted big booty
Hmm... Pirates skiff goes down during a storm? Well the supertanker was a few miles out.
I wonder is a few SEAL frogmen might be involved.
Hopefully O will get the same kind of karma at SCOTUS next week.
I thought perhaps a torpedo was involved.
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