There's been no discussion about the Somali pirates, though I'm sure everyone has heard about the all the ships, along with their crews and cargo, being taken hostage recently. Most noticeably a super-tanker filled with crude.
How much more will Saudi take before they just go bomb the **** out Somalia's ports?
I'm thinking the pirates know that this is a non-sustainable income stream, and so, have upped the rate of capture to get as much of the gettin' while the gettin' is good.
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What we want from this ship is only 25 million dollars because we always charge according to the quality of the ship and the value of the product,'' a pirate who identified himself as Abdi Salan, one of the hijacking gang, said in a phone interview from Harardhare.
An enterprising Brit is prepared to provide pirate deterrence for your vessel...for a price.
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A former British army pilot recently launched a business called Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions. For $30,000, Nick Davis will arrange a team of three private guards to travel on a boat, and scare away potential pirates. He has teams right now on seven ships in the Gulf of Aden. Davis tells Steve Inskeep that the guards do it all without guns.
Will Somalia be called to account for its wayward sailors?
Will the Pirate Captain be commissioned to write a book and provide guidance in a made for TV real life drama movie.
edited due to apostrophe over-indulgence.
Edited, Nov 20th 2008 8:25pm by Elinda