news.yahoo.com - 1/10/2009
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MOGADISHU, Somalia Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship. The Sirius Star and its 25 crew sailed safely away ...
google.com - 1/10/2009
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google.com —
A parachute dropped by a small aircraft drops
over the MV Sirius Star at anchor, in this
U.S. Navy photo, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, following an apparent payment via a parachuted container to pirates holding the ship. Somali pirates released the oil-laden ...
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The Associated Press: 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom ...
english.aljazeera.net - 1/10/2009
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english.aljazeera.net —
Six members of a group of Somali pirates
who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker
are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom. The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of Kenya in ...
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Somali pirates drown with ransom
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Somali Pirates Visit Davy Jones’s Locker
Say Anything —
It is sweet because it is fitting.
Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.
The drowned pirates’ boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved.
Abukar Haji, uncle of ...
Somali Pirates Drown With Ransom
GayPatriot —
... The drowned pirates’ boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved. (Associated Press) ...
Gone to Davy Jones Locker
Weekly Standard Blog —
Poetic justice:
Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.
But the AP wants us to understand the root causes of piracy:
Piracy is one of the few ways to make money in Somalia. Half the population is dependent on aid and a whole generation has grown up knowing nothing but war.
You see, they weren't ...
"Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom...."
Althouse —
How terribly not sad.
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One Dead Somali Pirate's Uncle Blames Overbearing Naval Ships For His Death After He Collects Ransom Money
DownWithTyranny! —
Ahoy, matey One of the pleasures of foreign travel-- though not necessarily to places like London or Paris-- but to the kinds of weird destinations Herman Melville and I like-- is that you get to meet other travelers. And when you're hitting places like Tierra del Fuego, Sidi Ifni, Yangon, Urgup and Timbuktu (each a ...
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