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Dead Pirate Washes Ashore With $153,000
Military.com (AP) ^ | January 12, 2009

Posted on 01/12/2009 10:42:31 PM PST by Ezekiel

January 12, 2009 Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; jihad; jizyah; pirate; somalia
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Maybe he fell off the right side of the boat.
1 posted on 01/12/2009 10:42:32 PM PST by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel

Idiot pirates. You take the money first, THEN you throw him overboard.


2 posted on 01/12/2009 10:46:42 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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Well their career choices are limited. Pirates can't even do Sesame Street unless it's brought to us by the letter Arrrrr.
3 posted on 01/12/2009 10:46:46 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Ezekiel

Rest In Pisces.


4 posted on 01/12/2009 10:57:14 PM PST by period end of story
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Might that be that "Dead Pirate Roberts" from The Princess Bride?"
5 posted on 01/12/2009 10:57:43 PM PST by shoutingandpointing (Just say, "nn-nn-NO!" to Campbell's soup.)
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The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said

Stupid resident. Everyone knows pirates never wash up with anything [wink, wink].

6 posted on 01/12/2009 11:05:52 PM PST by KarlInOhio (On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
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To: Travis McGee

FYI Ping !


7 posted on 01/12/2009 11:22:12 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Ezekiel

I know, if I’d found him, how much money he’d have been reported to have been carrying.


8 posted on 01/12/2009 11:25:04 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Ezekiel

Argh!


9 posted on 01/12/2009 11:27:39 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

LOLOLOL!!! Oh, my. I’m falling down, here...


10 posted on 01/12/2009 11:36:03 PM PST by redhead (Get ready to step into the Era of Hopey Changeness)
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To: Ezekiel

Hmmm, 4 pirates and $2.85m in loot are still missing.

Tomorrow we will hear that tourist sites, farms, and government offices from Djibouti to Durban stand idle as the entire population of east Africa takes up beach-combing.


11 posted on 01/12/2009 11:36:59 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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“Dead Pirate Washes Ashore With $153,000”

Loud, riotous, sustained laughter.


12 posted on 01/12/2009 11:46:18 PM PST by Levante
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“Dead Pirate Washes Ashore With $153,000”

Loud, riotous, sustained laughter.


13 posted on 01/12/2009 11:47:35 PM PST by Levante
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“The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash...”

His last name wasn’t Cooper, perchance, was it?


14 posted on 01/13/2009 12:01:48 AM PST by decal (Too many people mistake "tolerance" for "approval.")
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To: Ezekiel

I guess it’s true what they say...”you can’t take it with you” What idiot in poverty-strickened Somalia finds a dead pirate washed up on the beach and doesn’t swipe the loot?


16 posted on 01/13/2009 12:07:25 AM PST by Dosa26
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Dead pirate : "I'm RICH! Oh, wait..."
17 posted on 01/13/2009 1:33:46 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Dead pirates aren’t much fun.

Well, unless you envision this guy as an IRS agent or politician.


18 posted on 01/13/2009 2:13:05 AM PST by Ezekiel (Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.)
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To: Ezekiel

Was it USD or that new Zimbabwae note?


19 posted on 01/13/2009 2:57:41 AM PST by KingLudd
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relatives were searching for the other four.

I suspect more people than just the relatives are looking.

Hell, if it was around here, I'd take a look myself.

20 posted on 01/13/2009 3:03:23 AM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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