5 Stories on Somali Pirates
It's been a busy, profitable week for Somali pirates: They hijacked one South Korean bulk carrier Wednesday, released another South Korean cargo ship Thursday and let a hijacked Thai ship go Saturday
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they
held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the
government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested
international waters
It may have looked like just another sluggish freighter, but the Faina's cargo of tanks put the buccaneers in the eye of an international storm
As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman told The Associated Press his group was demanding a $20 million ransom to release a cargo ship loaded with Russian tanks.
Buccaneers seize ships almost daily off the coast of Somalia, but the booty
doesn't usually include enough T-72s to equip a tank battalion
It's been a busy, profitable week for Somali pirates: They hijacked one South Korean bulk carrier Wednesday, released another South Korean cargo ship Thursday and let a hijacked Thai ship go Saturday
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they
held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the
government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested
international waters
It may have looked like just another sluggish freighter, but the Faina's cargo of tanks put the buccaneers in the eye of an international storm
As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman told The Associated Press his group was demanding a $20 million ransom to release a cargo ship loaded with Russian tanks.
Buccaneers seize ships almost daily off the coast of Somalia, but the booty
doesn't usually include enough T-72s to equip a tank battalion
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