Argh!

[NoShangriLa]

Somali pirates drown as they flee with ransom

SIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday.

Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday, Mohamed Said said by phone from the port of Harardhere.

?The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded . . . they were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign navies of the combined maritime forces],? he said.....

Karma.

No tears from me on the lost of the pirates lives. I can understand that they are poor/uneducated desperate people, but stealing or warring is not the solution.

 

[LumbergTech]

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa

Somali pirates drown as they flee with ransom

SIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday.

Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday, Mohamed Said said by phone from the port of Harardhere.

?The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded . . . they were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign navies of the combined maritime forces],? he said.....

Karma.

No tears from me on the lost of the pirates lives. I can understand that they are poor/uneducated desperate people, but stealing or warring is not the solution.

it must feel good to view everything from up so high

i agree that it isnt the solution, but try telling that to someone in those conditions..or better yet..try living in this conditions and see if you give a crap

 

[NoShangriLa]

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa

Somali pirates drown as they flee with ransom

SIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday.

Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday, Mohamed Said said by phone from the port of Harardhere.

?The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded . . . they were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign navies of the combined maritime forces],? he said.....

Karma.

No tears from me on the lost of the pirates lives. I can understand that they are poor/uneducated desperate people, but stealing or warring is not the solution.

it must feel good to view everything from up so high

i agree that it isnt the solution, but try telling that to someone in those conditions..or better yet..try living in this conditions and see if you give a crap

May be I should come down from my perch.

However, I never have taken anything that I didn't work for or asked for, even those I have been shot at, bombed on, forced labor, beat up, lived in dire conditions under the communist ruling, and living out of cardboard boxes over a year in refugee camps.

There is a saying that I live by and it is common with proud honest people in poor countries, I may be poor and have nothing but I have my dignity.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Good riddance. And the bonus is the ransom money is lost and the ship is free.

There is no justification for such high crimes.

 

[Steeplerot]

Should have buried it on the nearest inconspicuous skull shaped volcanic island, everyone knows that, idiots!

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
May be I should come down from my perch.

However, I never have taken anything that I didn't work for or asked for, even those I have been shot at, bombed on, forced labor, beat up, lived in dire conditions under the communist ruling, and living out of cardboard boxes over a year in refugee camps.

There is a saying that I live by and it is common with proud honest people in poor countries, I may be poor and have nothing but I have my dignity.

:thumbsup:

I never had it as bad as you, perhaps, but my family was certainly poor growing up. We built our own house out there in the jungle, made friends with the neighbors...there were a lot of amazing, generous, pure people out there. Also a family of real bastards who dynamited the river for fish, got into fights a lot, and shot one of our best neighbors with a shotgun over a property dispute. I come to the US for school, and I see the same personalities reflected in the much-richer populace...there are good ones and bad ones. But wealth tends to magnify these qualities by amplifying power.

Point is, desperation is never a valid excuse. Plenty of "desperately poor" people would never cross those lines, and plenty of people who have lots of money do very shady things.

 

[MovingTarget]

Well, looks like our waters are safer now, but our climate is going to get warmer. Thanks a lot, karma...

 

[brownzilla786]

lmao... that is just too good.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
May be I should come down from my perch.

However, I never have taken anything that I didn't work for or asked for, even those I have been shot at, bombed on, forced labor, beat up, lived in dire conditions under the communist ruling, and living out of cardboard boxes over a year in refugee camps.

There is a saying that I live by and it is common with proud honest people in poor countries, I may be poor and have nothing but I have my dignity.

:thumbsup:

I never had it as bad as you, perhaps, but my family was certainly poor growing up. We built our own house out there in the jungle, made friends with the neighbors...there were a lot of amazing, generous, pure people out there. Also a family of real bastards who dynamited the river for fish, got into fights a lot, and shot one of our best neighbors with a shotgun over a property dispute. I come to the US for school, and I see the same personalities reflected in the much-richer populace...there are good ones and bad ones. But wealth tends to magnify these qualities by amplifying power.

Point is, desperation is never a valid excuse. Plenty of "desperately poor" people would never cross those lines, and plenty of people who have lots of money do very shady things.

Mobutu, is that you?

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa

Somali pirates drown as they flee with ransom

SIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday.

Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday, Mohamed Said said by phone from the port of Harardhere.

?The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded . . . they were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign navies of the combined maritime forces],? he said.....

Karma.

No tears from me on the lost of the pirates lives. I can understand that they are poor/uneducated desperate people, but stealing or warring is not the solution.

it must feel good to view everything from up so high

i agree that it isnt the solution, but try telling that to someone in those conditions..or better yet..try living in this conditions and see if you give a crap

Ahh yes; because we should embrace the good in thievery, pirates, and hijacking on the high seas.

You = idiot.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Very amusing end to this.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Latest update:

Body of a Somali Pirate, Carrying $153,000 of a Ransom, Washes Ashore

January 12, 2009
Body of a Somali Pirate, Carrying $153,000 of a Ransom, Washes Ashore
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ? The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving part of a ransom washed ashore with more than $150,000 in cash, a resident of Xarardheere, a coastal town, said Sunday.

Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. Omar Abdi Hassan, the resident, said that one of the bodies had been found on a beach near Xarardheere and that his relatives were searching for the other four pirates.

?One of them was discovered, and they are still looking for the other ones,? he said. ?He had $153,000 in a plastic bag in his pocket.?

The United States Navy released photographs of a package dropped with a parachute onto the deck of the Sirius Star, the Saudi oil tanker, and said the item was likely to be the ransom delivery.

But five of the dozens of pirates who had hijacked the tanker drowned when their small boat capsized as they returned to shore in rough weather. Three other pirates survived but lost their share of the ransom.

Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, managing director of the British company Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service, said the episode was unlikely to deter attacks.

?The loss or potential loss of the ransom means the pirates will be all the more keen to get the next ransom in,? he said. ?There are people lining up to be pirates.?

The Sirius Star had been held near a Ukrainian cargo ship, the Faina, that was loaded with Soviet-designed battle tanks and crates of small arms. The same day the Sirius Star was released, family members of those on the Faina?s crew appealed for help, saying they were not being kept informed about the negotiations or the health of their relatives on board.

But a pirate spokesman told The Associated Press on Sunday that the 20 crew members on the Faina were doing well.

?The cargo is still there unharmed, and the crew is healthy,? the spokesman, Sugule Ali, said. ?Once the negotiations end in mutual understanding, the ship, its crew and the cargo as well will be released.?

There have been several false alarms about the release of the Faina since it was seized in September. Mr. Ali said the pirates were still negotiating with the ship?s owners.

You think they would begin to understand that crime doesn't always pay, specially in a high risk game like big ship piracy?

Having been on ships I have absolutely no sympathy for these low-lifes.

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Very amusing end to this.

You would say that!!

However, I'd prefer you say, "Arrgh! Where's me booty ye scurvy knaves?!"

 

[SickBeast]

I'm shocked that in this day and age pirates were able to successfully hijack several ships, and even collect a ransom.

I'm thinking the money weighed down their boat. They shouldn't have got so greedy. That oil was useful. :beer: