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CNN and FOX are reporting that a US-flagged cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, on route to Kenya, has been captured by Somali pirates off the African coast. Crew of 21, all Americans.
Obambi going to refer that to the UN, is he?
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Imagine, you finally get to take that trip of a lifetime. The one you saved and scrimped for. You're out on the beautiful blue waters, lounging by the pool, drinking your cocktail and you look up in time to see, PIRATES. You know damn well they weren't...
- Somali Pirates Vow To Hunt Down, Kill Americans
From AP: (AP) - Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors and French forces detained 11 other brigands in a high-seas raid as tensions ratcheted up Wednesday off Africa's volatile eastern coast.Pirates fired grenades...
- "untrained Teenagers With Heavy Weapons" - Connecting The Dots
The FBI is investigating the pirates in Somalia? What the eff? I thought the FBI was supposed to stay on U.S. soil? Shouldn't this be the territory of the U.S. Military, or at the very least, the CIA? I don't get it. And, please don't tell...
- Islamists Plunder Weapons From Hijacked Ship In Somalia
From the Times Online: Islamist extremists prepared last night to unload rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns from a Ukrainian freighter seized by Somali pirates even as foreign warships surrounded the vessel.A US destroyer and submarine...
- U.s. Destroyer Watching Hijacked Ship Off Somalian Coast
Men are dying - Skin burns - hair falling out - sounds like possible radiation poisoning. We reported on that the other day. It had been reported that the ship was an Iranian ship. Now, we are told it is a Ukranian ship. The Russian military is also...
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Breaking: Somali Pirates Seize US Vessel
CNN and FOX are reporting that a US-flagged cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, on route to Kenya, has been captured by Somali pirates off the African coast. Crew of 21, all Americans.
Obambi going to refer that to the UN, is he?
UPDATE FROM PASTORIUS: Reuters reports:
NAIROBI, April 8 (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a Danish-owned, U.S.-operated container ship on Wednesday with 21 American crew on board in the latest of a sharp rise in attacks off the Horn of Africa nation, a maritime group said.
Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said the 17,000 tonne vessel was hijacked in the Indian Ocean 400 miles off the Somali capital Mogadishu.
He said all the crew were believed to be safe, and that the vessel had been tentatively identified as the Maersk Alabama.
Gunmen from Somalia seized a British-owned ship on Monday after hijacking another three vessels over the weekend.
In the first three months of 2009 only eight ships had been hijacked in the busy Gulf of Aden, which links Europe to Asia and the eastern Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.
Last year, heavily armed Somali pirates hijacked dozens of vessels, took hundreds of sailors hostage, often for weeks, and extracted millions of dollars in ransoms.
Foreign navies rushed warships to the area in response and have reduced the number of successful attacks in recent months. But there are still near-daily attempts and the pirates have started hunting further afield near the Seychelles.
On Monday, they hijacked a British-owned, Italian-operated ship with 16 Bulgarian crew members on board.
Over the weekend, they also seized a French yacht, a Yemeni tug and a 20,000-tonne German container vessel. Interfax news agancy said the Hansa Stavanger had a German captain, three Russians, two Ukrainians and 14 Filipinos on board.
- Pirates - 0 Msc Melody - 1
Imagine, you finally get to take that trip of a lifetime. The one you saved and scrimped for. You're out on the beautiful blue waters, lounging by the pool, drinking your cocktail and you look up in time to see, PIRATES. You know damn well they weren't...
- Somali Pirates Vow To Hunt Down, Kill Americans
From AP: (AP) - Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors and French forces detained 11 other brigands in a high-seas raid as tensions ratcheted up Wednesday off Africa's volatile eastern coast.Pirates fired grenades...
- "untrained Teenagers With Heavy Weapons" - Connecting The Dots
The FBI is investigating the pirates in Somalia? What the eff? I thought the FBI was supposed to stay on U.S. soil? Shouldn't this be the territory of the U.S. Military, or at the very least, the CIA? I don't get it. And, please don't tell...
- Islamists Plunder Weapons From Hijacked Ship In Somalia
From the Times Online: Islamist extremists prepared last night to unload rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns from a Ukrainian freighter seized by Somali pirates even as foreign warships surrounded the vessel.A US destroyer and submarine...
- U.s. Destroyer Watching Hijacked Ship Off Somalian Coast
Men are dying - Skin burns - hair falling out - sounds like possible radiation poisoning. We reported on that the other day. It had been reported that the ship was an Iranian ship. Now, we are told it is a Ukranian ship. The Russian military is also...