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2006-06-28 International-UN-NGOs

Weekly Piracy Report 20-26 June 2006

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Posted by Pappy 2006-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pirates realised that they were photographed and aborted attempted boarding.

"Yar, mateys, its the paparazzi pirate hunters! We best be turnin' tail or it's the front page of the National Enquirer fer the lot o' us!"

Posted by Mike 2006-06-28 07:24|| 2006-06-28 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 They lowered ship's stores into a waiting motor boat

What would be the big prize on a motor freighter? Maybe a little morphine from the first aid kit? Likker? Lifeboats are sellable. I'm kinda curious about this because it seems to happen a lot. It's not so much the cargo as the crews maintenance items they're after.

Posted by 6 2006-06-28 10:19|| 2006-06-28 10:19|| Front Page Top

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