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5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom
foxnews.com - 1/10/2009
5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom
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A pirate and a port town resident say five Somali pirates who released a Saudi supertanker have drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized.

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5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 1/10/2009
5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — 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 ... (more) 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share - Yahoo! News

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google.com - 1/10/2009
The Associated Press: 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share
— 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 ... (more) The Associated Press: 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom ...

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Somali pirates drown with ransom
english.aljazeera.net - 1/10/2009
Somali pirates drown with ransom
— 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 ... (more) Somali pirates drown with ransom

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Somali pirates, meet Davey Jones
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... The Saudis, who have money to burn - or in this case, sink - are known for their tendency to cave to pirate demands. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Navy observed a parachute, carrying what it described as “an apparent payment,” drifting toward the tanker Friday shortly before the ship and its crew were abandoned by the bad guys. The Saudis apparently had lost patience as their load of crude sat idle in the Gulf of Aden for two months as the price of oil dropped by $20 a barrel. ...

Sometimes Crime Does Pay. Or Does It?
Ace of Spades HQ — Sometimes Crime Does Pay. Or Does It? A few months back, Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi super-tanker filled with oil. Yesterday, they got their $3 million ransom delivered by parachute to the underway tanker but then things may have taken a turn. Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and port town resident said Saturday. Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius ...

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