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Africa Horn
Somali elder says locals send supplies to hijacked tanker
2008-11-21
(SomaliNet) Somali businessmen are sending food, cigarettes and drinks to a hijacked Saudi supertanker anchored off the coast of Somalia, a local elder says.

Dahir Mohamud Abdulle says businessmen in the central Somalia coastal town of Haradhere took supplies to the shore Wednesday for collection by pirates holding the MV Sirius Star. Somali pirates seized the Saudi supertanker with a full load of 2 million barrels of oil and 25 crew members on Saturday in their most audacious hijacking to date.

Fisherman Abdullahi Hussein Hurdaye says the supertanker could still be seen Wednesday anchored about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the coast. Fisherman Hassan Jimale says he saw three boats make return trips to the supertanker overnight.
Posted by:Fred

#11  To ask them to do again (quantity) what they did 40 years ago might be too much - and there are a lot fewer of them - no matter how many knee replacements and facelifts they've had. But it paints quite a mind picture.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-11-21 18:45  

#10  You're the MAN five tenths, you're the man.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-11-21 18:24  

#9  I think I see'd one of Joe's proto-antenna in 3 of the frames. He was a mere babe them
Posted by: .5mt   2008-11-21 18:16  

#8  The Lord hath guided me to awesomeness...

Posted by: .5mt   2008-11-21 18:12  

#7  That's was an fine video tho. I may go search for the Happy Time Christmas Bombings What Changed Many Minds.
Posted by: .5mt   2008-11-21 18:10  

#6  Glug, glug.

Is Friday, let deh words roll!
Posted by: .5mt   2008-11-21 18:07  

#5  That's a double for ye, Ship!
Posted by: Mike N.   2008-11-21 17:45  

#4  Heh. The BUFF.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-11-21 15:14  

#3  Just for YOU OP.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-11-21 14:58  

#2  ARCLIGHT the crap out of the shore billits of the pirates, and the piracy would totally disappear from the Gulf of Aden. It might take more than one strike, but the message would eventually seep through the four inches of solid bone that is a Somali skull and link cause (piracy) with effect (ARCLIGHT strike). Who knows, it might even have SOME effect on the terrorists residing in Somalia.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-11-21 14:32  

#1  Pirate Nation
Posted by: Albert Spusotch7979   2008-11-21 11:54  

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