MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – 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 a relative of one of the dead men said Saturday. Pirate Daud Nure said the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden that ended Friday. He said five people died and three people reached shore after swimming for several hours. Daud Nure was not part of the pirate operation but knew those involved. Abukar Haji, the uncle of one of the dead men, said the deaths were an accident.
The pirates originally wanted more than £16 million to release the boat and its £65 million load of oil. Eventually they accepted the offer of $3million (around £2million). “The boat the pirates were traveling in capsized because it was running at high speed because the pirates were afraid of an attack from the warships patrolling around,” he said. “There has been human and monetary loss but what makes us feel sad is that we don’t still have the dead bodies of our relatives. Four are still missing and one washed up on the shore.”
Har! or is it Arhhh! I’m wondering if they didn’t include a little “surprise” in that package.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Somali+pirates+free+Saudi+supertanker/1161020/story.html
Hey Mr. Genius. I beg of you to stop ruining your credibility…
Clarification: these two groups meaning ransom-payers and insurers.
RBG
#21 – Paddy O’Pinocchio
I would suggest, Paddy O’Pinocchio, that The Montreal Gazette published the original story about the ransom on January 9, then updated it on January 10 when the information about the pirates drowning was known. And, unlike major news outlets, their web master does not add “Story updated on XX, YY, ZZZZ”. You know, like the original source of the story (Reuters Africa) does
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE50902K20090110
Sheesh. Give it up, dude. THEY DIDN’T KNOW THE PIRATES HAD DROWNED UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. So I’d say the chances that you read about it last night range from slim to none.
Don’t you know it’s a sin to tell a lie, Paddy O’Pinocchio? And then there’s the nose thing, unless you consider that a benefit, sex toy-wise.
#23 Mr, Tard.
“Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:41am GMT”
Keeps getting better & better…
Fuck em. He He, Ha Ha.
Cow-Paddy,
Face it, Mustard caught you. Weasal all you want, but you’ve been outed as a liar. Oopps, my mistake, that should have been, “you’ve been outed as a liar AGAIN.
What is to top this scenario:
1) You give the pirates the millions they want.
2) Apache helicopters, waiting just over the horizon, swoop in as the pirates are getting away in their Zodiacs.
3) The pirates surrender or get blown out of the water.
I’m just saying, hijacking may be easy to DO but why aren’t pirates easy to catch?
#5 Let him be. Otherwise, it would be boring.
#26 Face it, you’re conFused, Fuseblown.
Where is their due process? Habeus corpus? This is a war crime!
#29, Lyin’ Mike,
Due process comes after they have been apprehended. #27, Greg Allen has the right question, “why can’t we catch them”? Then I see no reason they can’t be put on trial at the Hague World Court, or in the country of ship’s flag.
This is not a war crime, it is piracy as defined in all Maritime laws and treaties.
I am forming a team to retrieve the lost treasure of the famous Somali pirates. Volunteers??… VOLUNTEERS..
Genius! Pay them in gold bars! The boat will sink to the bottom so fast they won’t realize what happened.
The irony in this incident is exquisite
Let’s blame this accident to global warming. That way, you can blame the right wingnuts for the lack of due process for these numbnuts.
Maybe the sea made the due process…
I blame Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman.
This story is old news. Paddy-RAMBO heard about it before it even happened! That’s what happens when you have friends high up in the Federal government.
#34, Pedro the *A*hole
STFU.
#4,#5#37
why are you even here?