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2008-11-24 Africa North

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-24 15:03|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 S'mores, anyone?

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-11-24 15:24|| 2008-11-24 15:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting - thats not some native dhow, it looks like a steel-built trawler of some size.

One reason these pirates may not be so easy to catch is that it may be difficult to distinguish the motherships from the rest of the shipping.

Posted by buwaya 2008-11-24 15:48|| 2008-11-24 15:48|| Front Page Top

#3 That's not a boat. That's a fireball.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2008-11-24 16:25|| 2008-11-24 16:25|| Front Page Top

#4 buwaya, the way I understand it they start with Dhows and upgrade, then upgrade again when they catch a bigger boat. The mothership was probably one that was big enough but not valuable enough to ransom.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-11-24 16:51|| 2008-11-24 16:51|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't care how big it is, it ain't a real warship, and it's not going to outrun or outgun one.

Posted by Mike 2008-11-24 17:06|| 2008-11-24 17:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Now that is a pretty picture.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-11-24 17:22|| 2008-11-24 17:22|| Front Page Top

#7 sure is , hope too see more in coming days and months

Posted by chris 2008-11-24 18:21|| 2008-11-24 18:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Lets hope they didn't pick up any survivors.

Cruel? Not really - these are pirates.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-11-24 18:45|| 2008-11-24 18:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Interesting - thats not some native dhow, it looks like a steel-built trawler of some size.

Yes, it was.

(Apologies to Inspector Clouseau).

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2008-11-24 20:21|| 2008-11-24 20:21|| Front Page Top

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