FYI: Pirates euphemism for Muslim .............shhhhhhhhhh (not allowed to say it!)
The Seabourn Spirit was 160 kilometres off Somalia when two speedboats closed in on the vessel and opened fire with machine-guns and a rocket-propelled grenade.
The Somali coast is known to be infested with pirates, who are becoming more and more brazen. Somalia has been without a functioning government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Said Barre, and is now overrun by warlords. CTV.ca News Staff
The Seabourn Spirit was 160 kilometres off Somalia when two speedboats closed in on the vessel and opened fire with machine-guns and a rocket-propelled grenade.
A group of pirates that attacked a luxury cruise liner were likely responsible for seizing a UN vessel in June, a Kenyan official said Sunday.
Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenyan chapter of the Seafarers Assistance Program, told The Associated Press that the pirates are likely responsible for hijacking a UN-chartered vessel on June 27.
The crew was held hostage for 100 days, until the ship ran out of fuel. It was on a humanitarian.
The Somali coast is known to be infested with pirates, who are becoming more and
more brazen. Somalia has been without a functioning government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Said Barre, and is now overrun by warlords.
and this from Newsbusters Org.;
The MSM has provided a fair amount of coverage today of the pirate attempt to hijack a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia. But most, if not all, of the MSM outlets have refused to identify the pirates [and their leader Mohamed]
PIRATE UPDATE NOVEMBER 8th
An unexploded rocket-propelled grenade lies on the deck of the ship, which was
able to escape the pirates.
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