Posted on 08/15/2009 5:20:41 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
The mystery of a missing ship embroiled in contradictory reports deepened Saturday, as investigators in Finland said a ransom demand was made for the freighter that vanished more than two weeks ago.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the request for money from the purported hijackers of the vessel, named the Arctic Sea, was legitimate.
Markku Ranta-Aho of Finland's National Bureau of Investigation told national YLE radio Saturday that "a ransom demand has been made and it was addressed to the shipping company which is based in Finland, and let's say it's a largish amount of money."
He did not give details.
The latest twist came after a Russian maritime Web site said that the Arctic Sea's tracking system had sent signals from the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France.
French Marines denied that was the case and echoed Friday's reports that said the ship is likely somewhere off West Africa around Cape Verde, about 2,000 miles south of Biscay.
The respected Sovfrakht maritime site said the ship's signal appeared on a tracking service about 4:30 a.m. EDT Saturday in the bay.
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Time for a little Navy SEAL snipin’, I’m thinkin’. ;)
That ole’ Obama will do anything for money. Maybe he’s starting his own navy.
Yea, his brother needed a job so he set this gig up for him..
This has “inside job” written all over it. Maybe some high-value cargo was offloaded at sea, along with the crew, onto a complicit vessel — and the original ship scuttled? Then Hans Gruber and his boys retire to “sitting on a beach, earning 20%”. Yippee ki-yay, mofo...
The Washington Times reported yesterday that the ship was boarded on 7/24 by up to 12 professional, elite soldiers who spoke English with some kind of accent, appearing American, who were looking for cocaine. They then left the ship after 12 hours. The ship later disappeared. It was bound for Algeria.
My experience is that the WT publishes about 10% of what really happened. So there’s a whole lot more here than what we know.
Russian mafia doing a joint venture with muslim pirates?
French Marines denied that was the case and echoed Friday's reports that said the ship is likely somewhere off West Africa around Cape Verde, about 2,000 miles south of Biscay.
A contest of competence between the French and the Russians. High level stuff.
French Marines denied that was the case and echoed Friday's reports that said the ship is likely somewhere off West Africa around Cape Verde, about 2,000 miles south of Biscay.
A contest of competence between the French and the Russians. High level stuff.
A very detailed story from Finland
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Where+are+you+iArctic+Seai+/1135248398283
it’s carrying birth certificates. That’s why nobody can find it.
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