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2007-06-04 Africa Horn

Danish ship and crew hijacked off Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2007-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Wouldn't it be lovely if those cute little speedboats returned to their mothership to find only bits of flotsam and a slight sheen of oil. So much can be done with satellite information and a GPS-guided missile or two, I imagine. Who afterwards would complain? Strange things have been known to happen to ships in rough seas, after all.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-04 08:35|| 2007-06-04 08:35|| Front Page Top

#2 All those religion of ~~pieces~~ peace pirates just saying "hello".

10-1 Iran is funding them.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-06-04 09:15|| 2007-06-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Experts have long speculated that the pirates are using a mysterious mother ship to reach their targets far out at sea, and then board them using smaller speedboats.

They are 130 miles off the coast? This can't be that difficult to sort out. As TW said, accidents can occur on the high seas far from shore to a mother ship. Then all you have is small boats on high seas a long way from home.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-04 10:10|| 2007-06-04 10:10|| Front Page Top

#4 "Don't make me melancholy. You wouldn't like me when I'm melancholy."
-- From 'The Incredible Green Dane'

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-04 10:41|| 2007-06-04 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Did they find any cartoons?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-06-04 10:44|| 2007-06-04 10:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Carrying building materials from Dubai, you say? Missiles, weapons, and explosives always seem to concealed within them and could be intercepted at sea, besides demanding ransom. The missing cargo ship off the west coast of Africa is still missing, too, probably repainted and reflagged.

Posted by Danielle 2007-06-04 15:23|| 2007-06-04 15:23|| Front Page Top

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