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| Threat to blow up hijacked ship off Somalia | |
| 2008-10-10 | |
A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid.
Ali was speaking by satellite telephone from the ship. The pirates had said Thursday they were willing to negotiate their ransom demand of $20 million, after nearly two weeks of insisting they would never lower the price. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 I'm still waiting for the ARCLIGHT strike on the nearest port. Follow up with a low-level spraying job from a C-130 using fire retardant on the ship (that stuff'l kill ya if you're not careful). What happens after that is kinda up to the players involved, but I'd suspect the world would have a few less pirates to deal with. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-10-10 20:52 |
| #9 flotsam, jetsam, hell it's all the same to us. Come mere... shipey, shipey, shipey..... /Conch Republic Marines |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-10 18:39 |
| #8 well by the way China makes baby milk i guess their cleaning products could kill you |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-10 17:01 |
| #7 If sharks are involved, they won't be flotsam for long, USN, Ret., nor jetsam either. See how easy it is to fix a vocabulary confusion? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-10 15:37 |
| #6 The pirates had said Thursday they were willing to negotiate their ransom demand of $20 million, after nearly two weeks of insisting they would never lower the price. It's a small world - selling panic is even setting in offshore Somalia. |
| Posted by: Don Vito Omeling5062 2008-10-10 15:15 |
| #5 TW, thanks. end result: just wanna see deaders being consumed by sharks. and the deaders part is optional. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-10 15:15 |
| #4 Flotsam floats, USN, Ret. Jetsam was jettisoned, or thrown overboard. From a google search: Goods that remain floating on the surface after a shipwreck or accident are called flotsam (or floatsam or flotsan), while jetsam refers to goods thrown overboard, or jettisoned (see jettison), by a vessel in distress. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-10 15:10 |
| #3 Also buried in there... Pirates also released 29 Iranian seamen and their cargo ship hijacked in July, Iran's official IRNA news agency said Friday. More... TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's official news agency says pirates have released 29 Iranian seamen and their cargo ship hijacked off Somalia's coast in July. The report Friday by IRNA quotes the Iranian shippping agency as saying the crew are safe and their vessel is sailing home. The agency did not say if any ransom was paid for the release of the ship, Iran-Dianat, and the crew. The vessel was carrying mineral and industrial products from China to the Netherlands when it was hijacked in late July. So that's the stuff that was killing pirates? I'd track this bad boy all the way to wherever it's going. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-10 14:18 |
| #2 if they blow it up, they will not be on it; but i don't know if they would take the crew off. if they didn't the boats they are in should become so much flotsam and jetsam ( one floats, one doesn't, but i never can keep them straight) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-10 14:16 |
| #1 Note to AP. It's not a friggin "tanker". they will blow up the ship along with themselves and the crew, if they don't get the ransom Another note to AP. Get a better bullshit detector. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-10 13:58 |