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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 1/10/2009
Somali Pirates Receive Ransom, Hilarity Ensues
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They have some photos of the airdrop here, but what went down afterward sounds like comedy gold. God, I wish this was on film.This is the dramatic moment a ransom of $3million was paid to Somali pirates to end the world's biggest ship hijacking. The canister full of cash was parachuted onto the ...
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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5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom
foxnews.com - 1/10/2009
5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom
— foxnews.com — 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. (more) 5 Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom

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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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HEH: Somali Pirates Receive Ransom, Hilarity Ensues….
Instapundit — HEH: Somali Pirates Receive Ransom, Hilarity Ensues.

Um, What Waves Guys?
Riehl World View — I'm not 100 percent sure I'm buying this one. At JWF via Instapundit. They have some photos of the airdrop here, but what went down afterward sounds like comedy gold. God, I wish this was on film. However things went badly wrong for the pirates soon after the drop - they squabbled over how to split the money and then a wave washed off their getaway boat and drowned five of them. It could be true. But I've spent a fair amount of time in boats on waters both large and small. Looking at the ...

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