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Pirate's Body Washes Ashore With Money
AP via AOL News ^
| January 11, 2009
| MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, AP
Posted on 01/11/2009 3:57:17 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (Jan. 11) - The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.
Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. Local resident Omar Abdi Hassan said one of the bodies had been found on a beach near the coastal town of Haradhere and relatives were searching for the other four.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drowning; karma; maritime; pirates; ransom; somalia; somalipirates
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Just proving that when you die, you can take it with you.
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posted on
01/11/2009 3:58:16 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: rightwingintelligentsia
RULE NUMBER 1:
If you want to PLAY PIRATE, Be Sure YOU CAN SWIM!!!
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:00:01 PM PST
by
gwilhelm56
(Orwell's "1984" .. to Conservatives- a WARNING, to Liberals - a TEXTBOOK)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:12:11 PM PST
by
Dumpster Baby
((Sigh) Some days, it's just not worth trying to chew through the restraints.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ill-gotten gains didn’t help Fred C. Dobbs much, either.
5
posted on
01/11/2009 4:13:21 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
So, money laundering too?
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:16:16 PM PST
by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: aimhigh
“Just proving that when you die, you can take it with you.”
But spending it is a problem.
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:20:42 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Maybe the “resident” can spend some of that $153,000 to buy the drowned rat some flowers and a nice casket.
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:25:35 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(CIA Director!....So easy, a caveman can do it!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Pirate was just “spreading the wealth around.” ;)
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:31:32 PM PST
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: anymouse
“Wait a tic...blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought.” - Dennis Moore (Monty Python)
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:32:37 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: dfwgator
Guess he can’t float me a loan. He needed a bailout.
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:44:06 PM PST
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: gwilhelm56
“If you want to PLAY PIRATE, Be Sure YOU CAN SWIM!!!”
LOL!
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:44:37 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: rightwingintelligentsia
$153,000 Wow he must of had some deep pockets!
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:52:03 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Skinnies without swimmies!
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posted on
01/11/2009 4:53:25 PM PST
by
Radix
(There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those with loaded guns & those who dig. You dig.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
God (or in their case, Allah) does have sense of humor!
15
posted on
01/11/2009 4:55:03 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: rightwingintelligentsia
What currency was the money in, anyone know?
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posted on
01/11/2009 6:07:00 PM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Save the planet...it is the only known one with beer!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
To: popdonnelly
Love the Bogart reference!!! PING
To: rightwingintelligentsia
He was trying to float some cash..
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posted on
01/11/2009 10:19:52 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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