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2010-02-03 Africa Horn

Somali pirates hijack North Korean cargo ship

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Posted by tu3031 2010-02-03 15:34|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Why am I chortling at this news?

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-03 15:54|| 2010-02-03 15:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Not a hijack, but a delivery?

Posted by Glenmore 2010-02-03 15:59|| 2010-02-03 15:59|| Front Page Top

#3 This could be very entertaining. Wonder what the cargo is.

Posted by Swanimote 2010-02-03 16:00|| 2010-02-03 16:00|| Front Page Top

#4 definitely a delivery

Posted by 746 2010-02-03 16:16|| 2010-02-03 16:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Any bets on Nork coming up with a ransom unless the cargo is really, really illegal.

Posted by tipover 2010-02-03 16:16|| 2010-02-03 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 여기에서 주문하신 물질

شكرا لك. فقد كان من دواعي سروري

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-02-03 16:46|| 2010-02-03 16:46|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder what the Solmali's will have to pay to get the Norks to that the ship back and stop feeding the crew?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-02-03 17:06|| 2010-02-03 17:06|| Front Page Top

#8 ...take the ship back!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-02-03 17:07|| 2010-02-03 17:07|| Front Page Top

#9 These are equal opportunity pirates. That is like hijacking satan and then wondering what to do with him.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-02-03 17:16|| 2010-02-03 17:16|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 Mullah Richard,
Just testing my new Google translator, so how's this:
Order your materials here (from Korean to English)
Thank you. It was my pleasure (from Arabic to English)

Posted by tipper 2010-02-03 17:55|| 2010-02-03 17:55|| Front Page Top

#11 What if the pirates were paid to take this particular ship out of circulation? Exposed and seized without overt government involvment. Seems too pat for Nork ship to be seized by pirates. How convenient, no?

Posted by Swanimote 2010-02-03 18:26|| 2010-02-03 18:26|| Front Page Top

#12 tipper -

Arabic, 100%
Korean, tried to say "Here are your materials"

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-02-03 18:51|| 2010-02-03 18:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Some Nork ships are just rust buckets hauling cheap cargos nobody else wants. Probably just a cargo of scrap or medical waste.

Posted by phil_b 2010-02-03 18:54|| 2010-02-03 18:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Then again Somalia may now be a nuclear power...

Posted by Kelly 2010-02-03 19:53|| 2010-02-03 19:53|| Front Page Top

#15 I dunno--I'd bet delivery. Bout has been caught red-handed and everyone is on alert for sanction breaking shipments, with the Norks pretty desperate for $$$. AQ, al Shebab, Yemen, lots of rebels including the pirates would want arms.

Posted by Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2010-02-03 20:01|| 2010-02-03 20:01|| Front Page Top

#16 I dunno--I'd bet delivery. Bout has been caught red-handed and everyone is on alert for sanction breaking shipments, with the Norks pretty desperate for $$$. AQ, al Shebab, Yemen, lots of rebels including the pirates would want arms.

Posted by Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2010-02-03 20:01|| 2010-02-03 20:01|| Front Page Top

#17 Ooops--my hand stuttered.

Posted by Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2010-02-03 20:03|| 2010-02-03 20:03|| Front Page Top

#18 The pirates would probably do better asking for hush money than they would for ransom.

Hmm. "Pirates" seized the ship, eh? Gives me an idea for future boardings and inspections of Nork ships . . . .

Posted by gorb 2010-02-03 20:44|| 2010-02-03 20:44|| Front Page Top

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