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Somalia pirates free MV Panama after $7 mln ransom paid
Reuters India ^
| Tue Sep 6, 2011 6:59pm IST
| Reporting by Mohamed Ahmed; Editing by David Clarke
Posted on 09/06/2011 3:24:41 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
(Reuters) - Somali pirates freed the Liberian-flagged container ship MV PANAMA seized last December after receiving a $7 million ransom on Tuesday, pirates holding the ship told Reuters.
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"We received the agreed ransom of $7 million early in the morning after long negotiations. Now we have abandoned the ship and it is sailing away safely," a pirate who gave his name as Abdi told Reuters.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombthebastards; piracy; sinkemwithsubs; somalia
That'll discourage others.
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:24:44 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
We truly live in an upside-down world.
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:27:26 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Palin. In your heart you know she's right.)
To: Pan_Yan
Hell, I might have to get into this biz!
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:27:38 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(If Hitler had been as lazy as Obama, the 1940's would have been a very nice decade!!)
To: Lazamataz
Hey see that tanker? yeah. Laz would hit it
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:29:18 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
To: Pan_Yan
ARRGH ... there be booty on that there ship.
Unreal world we wake up in every day.
To: al baby; Lazamataz
Hey see that tanker? yeah. Laz would hit it"Hey Sailor, ever done a tour on a heavy cruiser?"
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:39:13 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:42:19 PM PDT
by
RBW in PA
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:51:22 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
To: Pan_Yan
Simple dust everyone of the bills with anthrax.
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posted on
09/06/2011 3:53:05 PM PDT
by
Wurlitzer
(Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
To: Wurlitzer
Simple dust everyone of the bills with anthrax.Do you have any idea how many European Bankers, United Nations Bureaucrats and Middle Eastern luxury condo salesmen could be killed????
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:00:34 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Not to mention the Organizing for America office.
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:02:23 PM PDT
by
sbMKE
To: Pan_Yan
“any idea how many European Bankers, United Nations Bureaucrats and Middle Eastern luxury condo salesmen could be killed????”
What be the problem here?
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:04:43 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
What did condo salesmen in Qatar ever do to you?
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:06:16 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
7 mil buys a LOT of terrorism. Well, except for the country who's paying the ransom that is. Just funds it against everyone else.
Maybe
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:08:07 PM PDT
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink')
To: Pan_Yan
Wouldn’t give me a “no money down, stated income, 125% LTV, no interest 5 year ARM” on my dream 10,000 square foot condo!
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:08:24 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: Pan_Yan
Just some high-spirited kids trying to make a little money to pay for school and to donate to the orphanage. Well, and buy drugs.
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posted on
09/06/2011 4:45:30 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Pan_Yan
Hmmm the possibilities you mentioned make my idea sound much better.
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posted on
09/07/2011 7:41:42 AM PDT
by
Wurlitzer
(Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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