They're only in it for the money because they are hungry and need $20,000,000 to buy some-- You know-"human being food--rice, spaghetti etc". :rolleyes"

Question:
How do thugs in itsybity boats stop a freighter that big????

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quote Originally posted by maryjane: They're only in it for the money because they are hungry and need $20,000,000 to buy some-- You know-"human being food--rice, spaghetti etc". Question: How do thugs in itsybity boats stop a freighter that big????

Just right them a check, follow the money? Maybe from a Preditor?

Who were the 'folks' that had purchased the arms should be the bigger question?
These p**** head pirates, just cost us a whole lot of unforseen costs, and some bad publicity too?
Paybacks aren't funny at that level?
If I was living in Somalia, I'd be afraid, very afraid.

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The purchaser I believe is the Sudanese govt. Maybe Sudanese rebels--can't say, but freighter was bound for Sudan.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Ain't no money here--you been livin in a cave for the last 2 weeks or what??

Nah, the USA courts always seem to manage to wring a few million out of nowhere.
Maybe your government can sue the bankers?

MOGADISHU, Somalia - An official at Somalia's foreign ministry says foreign powers may use force to free a hijacked ship carrying tanks and other heavy weapons.

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Mohamed Jama Ali, the ministry's acting permanent director, said his government granted permission on the condition that foreign powers coordinate with Somalia beforehand.

"The international community has permission to fight with the pirates," Ali told The Associated Press Wednesday. "Permission to use force was given."

The hijacking of the Ukrainian ship MV Faina — carrying 33 Soviet-made T-72 tanks, rifles, and heavy weapons that U.S. defense officials have said included rocket launchers — was the highest-profile act of piracy in the dangerous waters off Somalia this year.

Don,
The obvious implication is that the Pirates must also have coordinated their taking of the ship with the Somalian government.

There is no real government in Somalia, they don't have any claim to the waters off shore because they simply don't exist as a nation.

No one needs their permission to do anything.

Ron

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