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2006-08-23 Iraq

Saved from pirates [by Americans], captain loses ship to court

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Posted by gorb 2006-08-23 16:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not the "Patna"?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-08-23 17:00|| 2006-08-23 17:00|| Front Page Top

#2 "The Americans are the only ones who offered us any help," Dieaa said

Dieaa old boy, would you mind saying that again and again please? It's so soothing to my ears.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-23 19:07|| 2006-08-23 19:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Everybody else asked us to abandon ship, especially after it developed mechanical problems at sea, but I used cloth attached to the crane's jibs to make sails and traveled by wind power"

Hey, I read this story. Jack Aubrey, was it ?

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2006-08-23 21:40|| 2006-08-23 21:40|| Front Page Top

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