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Russian minister: missing ship found, crew alive
AP/YahooNews ^ | 8/17/09

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capeverde; maritime; missing; missingship
So what did happen? Curiouser and Curiouser!
1 posted on 08/17/2009 7:35:05 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

And what was really on that ship?


2 posted on 08/17/2009 7:36:51 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Obamanomics: we have to destroy the US Economy in order to save it!)
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To: Kartographer

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!


3 posted on 08/17/2009 7:39:42 AM PDT by Big_Harry ( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
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To: MNJohnnie

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.


4 posted on 08/17/2009 7:44:17 AM PDT by Jonny foreigner
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To: Jonny foreigner

Right. Timber. So just where to was that “timber” being shipped?


5 posted on 08/17/2009 7:46:58 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Obamanomics: we have to destroy the US Economy in order to save it!)
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To: MNJohnnie

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 ;-)


6 posted on 08/17/2009 7:51:51 AM PDT by Jonny foreigner
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To: Kartographer

Cape Verde?

Timber??

Vodka?


7 posted on 08/17/2009 10:03:17 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
News is the ship had been hijacked - Moscow Times has an interesting write on the story.

Apparently no one believes there was only lumber on the ship. What say you?

8 posted on 08/18/2009 9:50:20 AM PDT by MarMema (Marxism is never about truth, it is about power)
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To: MNJohnnie; TigerLikesRooster
looks like Russia was supplying Algeria with arms

Could be this was part of the deal, whatever it was, and some pirates learned about it and wanted it for their country.

9 posted on 08/18/2009 9:53:15 AM PDT by MarMema (Marxism is never about truth, it is about power)
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