| Nov 24, 2008 @ 11:56 PM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Angel54214
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This tanker is loaded with 2 million barrels of crued oil and is bound for United States. Total oil worth U.S of $100 million. 25 crew members are on board and the al-Shabab militia are Somali pirates and they are holding this ship for ransom of U.S. $15 million from Saudi Arabia and the militias is giving Saudi 10 days to come up with the cash. The hijacking took place on Nov. 15th. The ship was heading southbound to the horn of Africa and was 520 miles SE of Kenya's shore.
Here's a couple of news articles:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/24/somalia.pirates.al.qaeda/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-18-nato-piracy_N.htm?csp=34
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:05 AM |
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vinnytmd
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angel - the funniest aspect of this is that the Saudis call them terrorists! 
Then they want the USA and NATO to help them.
All of this after they booted our military.
The real danger is that if this supertanker runs aground it will be the worst spill in History.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:23 AM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Angel54214
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From what news source says, some Samoli rebels are going to the rescue...  Man I use to love those old pirate movies!
I wonder if the Samoli rebels will demand a handsome reward..aye?
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:57 AM |
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Haban3ro
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So, will they cast Johnny Depp for the movie?
For comic relief they've has an undead monkey; will they now feature an Oily Hare?
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:58 AM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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SensualGemini
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...It is beyond the time to eradicate these pirates.
...Were they not the same bunch that hijacked the Iranian ship carrying a massive dirty bomb for Israel?
Report: Hijacked Iranian Ship Contained 'Dirty Bomb' for Israel ... From the Israel National News
...Guess that could sort of make Israel a little more accepting of their pirating activities on the high seas... it would me.
...Regardless, the Somalia pirates are becoming a real pain to shipping, both commercial and recreational; whereas, it is just a matter of time before they cause a major disaster.
Edited For:
NATO warships arrive to deter Somali pirates October 19. 2008
...I have to believe they cannot hide a ship this size, so what is the problem with just going and getting it? 
...NATO needs to ask for alternating aircraft carriers in the area, where air support can reach an area quickly, destroy whatever pirate activity and call it target practice.
[Edited on 11/25/2008 1:25 AM]
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:22 AM |
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Angel54214
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SG...how about this recent one. The crew was held by the pirates for 2 months until the $2.5 million ransom was made! Where the heck are all the navy ships and don't they get them on radar??
Mon November 24, 2008
(CNN) -- Five Indian sailors who were among the crew of a Japanese-owned cargo ship hijacked by pirates and held for two months before a ransom was paid said Monday their captivity was "total desperation."
"I wish that no one else ever has to go through this -- (hijackers) are not human but rather animals," said Alister Fernandes, one of the sailors, at a news conference in Mumbai, India.
They arrived in Mumbai on Monday after several days of rest and medical and psychological treatment following the release of their ship on November 16.
The Stolt Valor, a chemical tanker, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen on September 15 and was one of several vessels hijacked in recent weeks by pirates.
Navies from various countries including the United States and India have sent warships to the area in an effort to protect cargo ships and thwart the growing wave of pirate activity off the Horn of Africa. Authorities blame many of the attacks on pirates based in Somalia.
The Stolt Valor and its crew of 22 -- 18 of them Indian -- were released after the Japanese firm that owns the ship paid a $2.5 million ransom, according to CNN-IBN, CNN's sister network in India.
The sailors were generally in good health when they were released, but according to the five who spoke publicly Monday conditions aboard the Stolt Valor were severe and they lived for two months in continual fear of being killed by the pirates.
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"We were always ... all 24 hours we were on gunpoint," said Fernandes. "We were all staying on the bridge (in the) navigation area. All 22 crew members were sleeping there, eating there. Only for shower and all, only two people were allowed -- two people will go, then they come up, two (more) people will go."
Another crew member, Naved Burandkar, said the hijacking occurred when pirates came behind the Stolt Valor on a boat and fired rocket-propelled grenades.
"They were continuously firing (at) our ship," he said. "They boarded our ship. They were firing ... nobody was going to understand what's happening so you can imagine what the situation was there."
Relieved friends and relatives showered the five men with flower petals when they arrived in Mumbai, and some relatives sobbed as they hugged the men to welcome them home.
Pirates have attacked more than 90 vessels off East Africa so far this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center, which monitors piracy around the world. The attacks have increased in recent weeks, the PRC says.
Kenya's foreign minister said last week that more than $150 million has been paid to pirates around the Horn of Africa over the past 12 months, and the money is encouraging pirates to continue their attacks.
"That is why they are becoming more and more audacious in their activities," Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said.
At Monday's news conference in Mumbai, the chairman of the National Union of Seafarers of India called on the United Nations to send peacekeeping patrols into the waters off Africa and to coordinate efforts already under way by various nations.
The U.S. is there, UK is there, France is there, but they are very particular about the nationality of the crew on board (hijacked ships)," said Abdul Ghani of the Indian seafarers union.
Referring to the two-month holding of the predominantly Indian crew of the Stolt Valor, he added, "That's the reason in this instance it was the demand of our union and also the industry that the government of India should send its Indian navy, which the government finally has sent."
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:27 AM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Angel54214
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And  Another One!!!!
10 mins ago
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday, a day after sources said the gang holding a Saudi Arabian supertanker were demanding a $15 million ransom.
Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme, identified the Yemeni vessel as the MV Amani. Few other details were immediately available.
"We were just informed the Amani had been taken," Mwangura told Reuters from Mombasa. "But it had been out of contact for about four days, so it is not known exactly when it was seized."
Scores of attacks this year have brought the pirates millions of dollars in ransoms, hiked up shipping insurance costs, sent foreign navies rushing to the area, and left about a dozen boats with more than 200 hostages still in pirate hands.
Word of the latest attack off the anarchic Horn of Africa country came 10 days after gunmen from Somalia captured the Saudi supertanker in history's biggest maritime hijacking. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081125/wl_nm/us_somalia_piracy_8
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:29 AM |
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SensualGemini
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Angel: SG...how about this recent one. The crew was held by the pirates for 2 months until the $2.5 million ransom was made! Where the heck are all the navy ships and don't they get them on radar??
...The area is a little large and ships are slow... F-18's are not.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:34 AM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Angel54214
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They need to get this guy! Sugule Ali Omar And fast.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:38 AM |
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Angel54214
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Clip...
The willingness to pay ransoms has only encouraged the Somali pirates, who readily acknowledge their thirst for hefty sums but also portray themselves as a de facto Coast Guard for their lawless nation. Somalia has had no central government since a clan-based rebel groups ousted dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, and a transitional government backed by Ethiopia is currently fighting Islamic militants.
The pirates say they are intent on stopping the ruin of its waters by foreign ships that fish illegally and dump toxic waste off its coast.
"We don't know whether they are going to dump a toxin or collect marine resources, but we have to capture any ship that passes through our waters illegally," pirate spokesman Ali said. "In Somalia, there is no functioning central government that can manage our waters, so we have appointed ourselves to guard our coast against foreign ships." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/26/MN6913NSJK.DTL
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 1:25 PM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Gallows_Humor
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this stinks....it smells like an insurance scam to me...
the price of oil is dropping...how better to disrupt the supply..?? and tie up a few tankers in the process....blame it all on Jack Sparrow ....... 
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 2:02 PM |
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Josuha
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Don't need the Navy.
Just hire some 'contractos' and blow them out of the water when they try to seize a ship.
Don't know what the problem is.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 2:20 PM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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Gallows_Humor
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if you think about it.....
15 million ransom how many suitcases will it take for the money???  ....
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 3:53 PM |
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vinnytmd
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this stinks....it smells like an insurance scam to me...
the price of oil is dropping...how better to disrupt the supply..?? and tie up a few tankers in the process....blame it all on Jack Sparrow ....
Did you get that little tidbit on WIKI?
There have been 95 Pirate attacks and hijackings this year. Most were Cargo Ships.
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 4:06 PM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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KatiefromStafford
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If you are really interested in this, CNN covers it fairly well. The Samolis feel that they have been ignored in their cries for help, so they are finally taking things in their own hands and doing what they think they need to do for their country. Not saying what they are doing is right or wrong.
As to why the US Navy can't catch these guys the Indian Ocean is a lot of water to try to patrol. How do you know which boat that shows up on your radar is the pirates and which is some guy with a lot of money on a world cruise? Somehow I don't think the world would be very happy if some millionaire on his yacht got blown out of the water because he didn't respond to the radio messages from the US warship correctly or fast enough.
(How many people have you seen looking around a parking lot for their car because they can't find it? And that is only a parking lot!)
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| Nov 25, 2008 @ 10:17 PM |
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Angel54214
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how many suitcases will it take for the money???
As many as the Saudi's can pack I would think...then again, the Samoli militias might demand back packs verses suit cases since it leaves their hands free for weapons, etc.
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| Nov 26, 2008 @ 8:57 AM |
al-Shabab Militia Hijacked the MV Sirius Star Saudi Oil Tanker Headed for U.S
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KatiefromStafford
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This morning there was a report on CNN about how a fishing trowler was blown apart because it was suspected to be a pirate ship. This will be the problem with trying to control or eliminate the pirates.. just which boat really belongs to whom?
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| Nov 26, 2008 @ 9:52 AM |
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Angel54214
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It happened last week when pirates hijacked the fishing vessel off the coast of Somali. The Indian Navy ship, INS Tabar shot back after they were shot upon by the pirates that were on board. Somalia does not have a government rule; the people do what they want.
Last week's story:
Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) – Separate bands of pirates hijacked two ships and captured their crews, while yet another opened fire on an Indian navy ship before being driven off -- clear signs that the brigands roaming the Gulf of Aden are becoming bolder and more violent, officials said Wednesday.
A Thai ship with 16 crew members and an Iranian cargo vessel with a crew of 25 were hijacked Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden, where Somalia-based pirates appear to be attacking ships at will, said Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Malaysia.
"It's getting out of control," Choong said.
The incidents raised to eight the number of ships hijacked this week alone, he said. Since the beginning of the year, 39 ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, out of 95 attacked.
"There is no firm deterrent, that's why the pirate attacks are continuing," Choong said. "The criminal activities are flourishing because the risks are low and the rewards are extremely high."
The pirates used to mainly roam the waters off the Somali coast, but now they have spread in every direction and are targeting ships farther out at sea, according to Choong.
He said 17 vessels remain in the hands of pirates along with more than 300 crew members, including a Ukrainian ship loaded with weapons and a Saudi Arabian supertanker carrying $100 million in crude.
A multicoalition naval force has increased patrols in the region and scored a success Tuesday when an Indian warship destroyed a suspected pirate ship that had opened fire off the coast of Oman.
The Indian navy said the pirates fired on the INS Tabar after the officers asked it to stop to be searched. Indian forces fired back, destroying the ship and then chased one of the speed boats, which was later found abandoned. The other escaped, according to a navy statement.
[Edited on 11/26/2008 10:03 AM]
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