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timesonline.co.uk - 11/18/2008
Video: Pirates make contact with owner of oil supertanker
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Royal Navy hands over eight suspected pirates | Live piracy map The Saudi Royal Family condemned Somali pirates as terrorists today after losing $100 million worth of oil in an audacious heist that saw bandits seize a supertanker in the Arabian Sea. The Sirius Star , which was carrying two ...
Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates
timesonline.co.uk - 11/12/2008
Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates
— timesonline.co.uk — Pirates caught redhanded by one of Her Majesty s warships after trying to hijack a cargo ship... off Somalia made the grave mistake of opening fire on two Royal Navy assault craft packed with commandos armed with machineguns and SA80 rifles. In the ... (more) Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates

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timesonline.co.uk - 11/18/2008
Pirates can claim UK asylum
— timesonline.co.uk — THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the... Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been ... (more) Pirates can claim UK asylum

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forbes.com - 11/19/2008
Somali Pirates At Sea
— forbes.com — Somali pirates don't scare easily. Last month, they hijacked a Ukrainian merchant vessel loaded with tanks, heavy... weapons and ammunition, and still haven't relinquished control of the freighter to the American and Russian navy ships that have besieged ... (more) Somali Pirates At Sea

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Neptunus Lex:  This is Getting Out of Hand

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS:  Who Are These "Pirates" And Who Do They Serve?

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This is Getting Out of Hand
Neptunus Lex — ... A Danish shipping group says one of its vessels has been released after being hijacked for nearly 30 hours in Nigeria’s southern oil region. Thor Shipping executive Thomas Mikkelsen says the crew aboard the Thor Galaxy was not harmed. AND: The Saudi Royal Family condemned Somali pirates as terrorists today after losing $100 million worth of oil in an audacious heist that saw bandits seize a supertanker in the Arabian Sea. The Sirius Star, which was carrying two million barrels of ...

Who Are These "Pirates" And Who Do They Serve?
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... Muslim nation. And yes, these "Pirates" certainly are audacious.  Look at all the stories of piracy circling today: HONG KONG CARGO SHIP HIJACKED BY PIRATES... DEVELOPING...  Danish oil ship briefly seized off Nigeria... Developing...    PIRATES CAPTURE SUPERTANKER WITH $100 MILLION CARGO... Open negotiations...  Saudis brand pirates 'terrorists' ...call for international action  US Admiral ...

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The Oil Pirates
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — The Somali pirates have really pulled one off this time — they’ve hijacked a supertanker full of oil . And, as poetic justice, it’s owned by the Saudis: Supertanker Loaded With Oil Hijacked DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker off the Kenyan coast, seizing the ...
The Future of Piracy
outsidethebeltway.com 11/19/2008 — We’re beginning to see the future of piracy unfold in the seas south of the Horn of Africa. Somali pirates have captured an oil tanker belonging to Saudi ARAMCO: JIDDA, Saudi Arabia: Pirates captured a Saudi-owned supertanker loaded with more ...
Pirates of Somalia — Power Line
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal reported the story of the seizure of the Saudi oil supertanker MV Sirius Star by Somali pirates. Mark Steyn comments here . Reader Charles Barker is a former Coast Guard officer who writes: A 25-member crew is very typical for a merchant tanker. Three ...
Saudis 'Outraged' Over Supertanker Hijacking — JammieWearingFool
I'd probably feel a bit more sympathetic to their plight if they showed such "outrage" over terrorism in the past. You know, how their own citizens studying Wahhabism in their own madrassas have fomented terrorism. It's one thing to pay lip service when you're own interests are attacked. Now ...
Self Defense? Heaven Forfend! — Daily Pundit
US Admiral ’stunned’ by pirates’ reach “I’m stunned by the range of it, less so than I am the size,” Mullen said of the seizure of the Sirius Star Sunday by armed men. I don’t suppose putting some 20 mm cannon on the tankers is an option? I mean, ...
Oil supertanker stolen — Angry Bear
rdan The U.S. Navy says pirates seized a Saudi-owned supertanker loaded with crude hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa. The vessel, which has a 25-member crew, is the largest ever hijacked by bandits. What does one do with such a catch? 1. Hold the crew hostage, similar to a hijacked ...
Saudi Oil Tanker Hijacked — Boots and Sabers
Wow. A giant Saudi oil tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean is nearing the coast of Somalia, the US Navy says. The Sirius Star is the biggest tanker ever to be hijacked, with a cargo of 2m barrels - a quarter of Saudi Arabia’s daily output - worth more than $200m. The vessel was ...
Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
A huge Saudi-owned oil tanker, the Sirius Star, was seized by pirates on Saturday as it headed toward the U.S. with two million barrels of oil and 25 crew members on board; the tanker is now on its way to Somalia. BBC: According to the Navy, the ship is “nearing an ...
Somali Pirates Seize Supertanker Loaded With Crude — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa, seizing the Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude and its 25-member crew, the U.S. Navy said Monday. It was the largest ship pirates have seized, and the farthest out to sea they ...
Information sought (aka, Too lazy to Google) — ¡No Pasarán!
Most of the footage showing those pirates off the coast of Africa show rather diminutive and dilapidated vessels loaded with heavily armed modern-day Jolly Rogers. Are there international maritime regulations which keep the crew of vessels such as the now boarded Sirius Star from having ...
Mullen Shocked by Pirate Attack on Supertanker — Victory Caucus -- All Content
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, said he was shocked by a priate attack Saudi Arabian supertanker 450 nautical miles off the coast of Kenya.