Posted on 08/17/2009 7:35:05 AM PDT by Kartographer
Russian news agencies quote the defense minister as saying a freighter that went missing nearly three weeks ago has been found near Cape Verde, and its crew is alive
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And what was really on that ship?
Mutiny perhaps? Black market gun running? If the captain of that vessel was not under duress from hijackers or crew, he is probably going to dance on the yardarm...arrrgh!
timber reportedly worth $1.8m (i guess this is why russia drafted all its vessels in the atlantic “including 2 submarines” to find the ship.
Right. Timber. So just where to was that “timber” being shipped?
well the “official original” route should have brought the ship to Algeria. (i´m shure they are happy now that they finnaly will get the timber they have waited so desperate for ;-)
Cape Verde?
Timber??
Vodka?
Apparently no one believes there was only lumber on the ship. What say you?
Could be this was part of the deal, whatever it was, and some pirates learned about it and wanted it for their country.
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