Pirates...Follow

...not just for fun and games.

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.

No mention of what will happen to the ship it's crew and cargo if the ransom is not paid.

An enterprising Brit is prepared to provide pirate deterrence for your vessel...for a price. (who needs 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

Muslim Pirates 4tW!!

All'arrr H'u Aq'barrrrrrrr!

Prince can make a comeback!

Every 28 days

Call who into account? Somalia'a nonexistant government? The whole reason they operate out of Somalia is because Somalia is incapable of maintaining protections along its coast.

My understanding was that the piracy has worked so far because it was worth it to the shipping companies to spend $50,000 on ransoms to get their ship, crew & cargo back. I believe the supertanker was worth something around $100mil empty (plus $100mil in cargo). That's 12.5% of the ship/cargo's value as a ransom payoff which is a pretty big jump. This might be a tipping point although, realistically, you can't just send a few more naval ships and expect a change. It's a vast region, made vaster by the extended reach of the pirates, and and you basically need a naval vessel right there at the time of the incident to be of any help. By the time one gets to where the attack is happening, the pirates already have the ship hostage. I wonder if we'll start seeing more of a convoy system in the region, protected by international forces.

Sweet! I'm going on a raping spree!

Leave no marks and it's consensual;)

"We're going to need a bigger boat. And a .50cal machine gun."

Will Elinda learn the proper use of punctuation?

Rampant abuse of apostrophes.

Well, maybe not rampant, I see only two instances right away, but still, you suck at teh engrish.

I know, I'm just being an ***.

Never finished high school or went to college, but 4 out of 6 of my immediate family members are or were teachers and I've always read very highly.

That's funny, though, about google. Firefox does the same thing!

Since these are Somali pirates does that mean on Talk Like a Pirate Day, we can no longer say "Arrrgh, shiver me timbers" etc, but instead have to say things like "Ach mullala hallala mulla hach malach!!" ?

Another problem is that the companies who own the ships would often rather pay a random for the ship's safe return than to have their crew get into a gunfight with a boatload of RPG armed Somalis. that's probably a good way to lose a vessel and cargo.


And some sailors I guess but you can always hire more of those

Edited, Nov 20th 2008 5:38pm by Jophiel