Exactly right. The Russians don't give a crap what 'world opinion' has to say about it.
If I had to guess, I'd say that one night the ship will be under pirate control, and the next morning it'll inexplicably change course for a friendly port amidst a cacophony of burping fish.
RILEY SAID: “If I had to guess, I’d say that one night the ship will be under pirate control, and the next morning it’ll inexplicably change course for a friendly port amidst a cacophony of burping fish.”
100 posts and roughly 8 1/2 hours later your prediction is proven correct, Riley!!!
The article from BBC posted by Zajko — http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8664011.stm
“There have been unconfirmed reports that one pirate was killed during the siege.
“Pirates have released the tanker... All crew on board the tanker are alive and well,” a spokeswoman for the shipping company told Reuters news agency.
“During more than 20 hours of siege, pirates were not able to take a single member of crew hostage.” [ONLY TWENTY HOURS — YA HEAR THAT OBAMA? Less than ONE DAY! - LR]
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The decision to free the ship was made knowing “that the crew was under safe cover inaccessible to the pirates and that the lives and health of the sailors was not threatened by anything”, Novoship added.
Russian defence ministry spokesman Col Alexei Kuznetsov said the pirates were being held aboard the tanker.
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FreedomPoster — Too bad there wasn’t enough time to set up that Pay-Per-View option... But then the Russians never were ones to mess around waiting.
Chode & Danae — Looks like my South Park imitation wasn’t too far off either! LOL Well, except that the crew was in a safe room.