Pathetic article - Somali pirates drown with ransom

[SUBMAN1]

Can you beleive how these people write? And what fathers wants the body of a man that is as terrible as this? His father should be executed for practically being involved with such statements. He should be disowning his son instead.

Our world is one big PC heartache, sad for all who are troublemakers, and little care for those that try to just be good.

The good thing about this, it will eventually eat and destroy itself since it is a state of transition. It is impossible to keep this stupid mentality indefinitely.

-S

Somali pirates drown with ransom

Six members of a group of Somali pirates who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom.

The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of Kenya in a storm as they left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff that ended on Friday, a pirate and a relative of one of the dead men said.
"Six of our boys perished at the sea while coming from the released Saudi supertanker," Mohamed Said told the AFP news agency.

"The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded and at high speed, we have been told by the survivors.

"They were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign naval forces] who invaded Somalia waters," he said.

The group's $300,000 share of the ransom was also lost, he said.

Three pirates reached shore after swimming for several hours, pirate Daud Nure said on Saturday.

"There has been human and monetary loss but what makes us feel sad is that we don't still have the dead bodies of our relatives. Four are still missing and one washed up on the shore," Abukar Haji, the uncle of one of the dead men, said.

Piracy increasing
The Sirius Star, owned by the shipping arm of oil giant Aramco, was carrying crude oil valued at $100m when it was hijacked on November 15.

Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi said on Saturday that the crew was safe and returning to the Gulf coast city of Dammam.

An Iranian-chartered cargo ship was also released by pirates, Iran's state television reported.

It said the ship Delight was carrying 36 tons of wheat when it was attacked in the Gulf of Aden on November 18 and seized by pirates.

All 25 crew are in good health and the vessel is sailing toward Iran, the TV report said.

The US Navy announced this week that it will head a new anti-piracy task force after more than 100 ships were attacked last year.

Other countries, including Russia and India, have sent naval ships to patrol waters around the Horn of Africa as acts of piracy increasingly threaten the safe passage of maritime cargo through the Gulf Aden towards the Suez Canal.

Somali pirates are holding 17 ships and more than 250 crew members hostage, and have carried out more than 100 attacks in the last year.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...348285872.html

[A Very Super Market]

The lengths people go to justify their actions...

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

His father should be executed for practically being involved with such statements.

Let's kill people who say things we don't like!

[SUBMAN1]

Let's. As always, no comment on the article and you guys are out for chaos. Anarchy is only a transitional state of government mind you, so I guess you are pushing for either and oligarchy or a monarchy? You already have an oligarchy in both your countries, so it must be a monarchy, probably of the dictator variety.

So which is it? You have been decidedly anti-west since I've known you, so I am curious.

-S

Are there any Americans present over there? Don't see them engaging the pirates. Americans must be scared, too many already come back in flagged coffins from Iraq and Afghanistan.

[nikimcbee]

An Iranian-chartered cargo ship was also released by pirates, Iran's state television reported.

I bet once they realized they has an iranian ship, they couldn't let it go fast enough.

oops...

[Aramike]

Can you beleive how these people write? And what fathers wants the body of a man that is as terrible as this? His father should be executed for practically being involved with such statements. He should be disowning his son instead.

I agree that this statement is a bit over-the-top. For one, we don't execute people for making statements of any kind - certainly not this. Two, I can understand a father mourning over a dead son, even if that son has done terrible things.

Family tends to transcend character.

[diver]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Are there any Americans present over there? Don't see them engaging the pirates. Americans must be scared, too many already come back in flagged coffins from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Umm, a whole new Task Force (CTF-151) to deal solely with the piracy problem has just been created, headed by the USN.

Please hold back on the thoughtless/uninformed comments.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Let's. As always, no comment on the article and you guys are out for chaos.

Where did I say that? Quotes please.
For Mikhayl too.

Originally Posted by diver

Umm, a whole new Task Force (CTF-151) to deal solely with the piracy problem has just been created, headed by the USN.

Please hold back on the thoughtless/uninformed comments.

Ok, I'll try to raise to the high moral levels of this statement by SUBMAN1

His father should be executed for practically being involved with such statements.

[Jimbuna]

I'm sorry to hear/read of the loss of life but I'm happy to be informed of the release.

Perhaps if the dead had not been involved in hijackings in the first place they might still be alive today.

[AntEater]

The old 30 years war problem:
"rather plunder for yourself than being plundered all the time".

[SteamWake]

All the rhetoric aside something tells me that the pirates boat dident 'overturn' on its own :hmm:

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

All the rhetoric aside something tells me that the pirates boat dident 'overturn' on its own :hmm:

:hmm:

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Where did I say that? Quotes please.
For Mikhayl too.

Obviously you don't understand English. Read above again and re-interpret what is said.

-S