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more about #piratewars more comments → manchops: when will white people ever just shut up and be happy they're still alive? more » AzureTexan: Yeah, well, Spock questioned Kirk when he directed the Starship Enterprise to Omicron Ceti III . . . UNTIL, that is, the stoic first officer fell in ... more » daveyjonesisdead: Their jobs are workfare, pure and simple. The US insists that the food aid it provides be 1) grown in the US and 2) shipped only on US flagged ships. ... more » blix: Let's do Italian next, I don't care what you had for lunch. #somalipirates more » War Cats!: Jesus, Reuters' Mogadishu bureau must be going crazy over this. more » goetz: "You never believe it is going to be one of those things that happens to your family." I still kind of don't believe it is going to be one of those th... more » Trai_Dep: The nation of Somalia has got to provide better quality control. No more Jolly Rogers certificates unless applicants can prove they own at least one p... more » miss_msry: Funny, they aren't dressed like pirates. more » Dickdogfood: But I was adamant and wanted to get a story. Pausing and gauging my tone, I slowly whispered, "Do you have cohorts in Kenya?" In a deep, husky voice,... more » gawkimo: Spain indeed owns guns. And bullets, too. According to OxFam, peaceful, liberal Spain is the largest exporter of ammunition for AK-47s in Sub-Saharan ... more » Trai_Dep: Spain's goth daughters will declare war once it's discovered that Gordon Brown is bankrolling the Somalis as privateers. The good news for us is that ... more » Mike Jahn: When the first Fire Island ferry is hijacked the feathers will REALLY start flying. more » Smitros: Who do these guys think they are, Francis Drake or something? more » BadUncle: Note from the Olds: low-level piracy has been going on in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea forever. You just don't read about it when the pred... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: She sells Seychelles by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely Seychelles. So if she sells shells on the seashore, Will she meet her demise at... more » -
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Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
Well-known fact: Hero naval captain Richard Phillips is the biggest hero next to Sully, due to his heroic act of getting rescued from Somali pirate hijackers. So why is his ungrateful crew staging a retroactive mutiny? More » -
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Somali pirates free Spanish hostages, then take North Korean hostages. The World Cup of piracy.
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Somali Pirate Kidnapping of Kindly Brits Sure to End Poorly
Somali pirates have kidnapped this friendly-looking British couple as they sailed their yacht off the East African coast. This has a very "UK Version of When The Navy SEALS Killed Those Somali Pirates" feel. Pirates: Please re-read this. [Pic via] -
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Somali pirates hijack a Chinese vessel 700 miles offshore. They're getting closer to your house.
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Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
Kassim Mohamed takes a journalistic trip to meet some Somalian pirates and ends up being held hostage and told "You're going to die in the next four hours if we don't get a kill today." Read it. [CPJ via TrueSlant] -
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Stay Out of the Water
Like the viral spread of hip hop fashion from the inner city to the suburbs, piracy is now creeping outwards in a terrifying web-shaped pattern, across the globe. Somalis were just the early adopters. All Spanish sailors, abandon ship immediately. More » -
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Oh boy, Somali pirates have seized a German cargo ship. What now, Germany?
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Violent Pirate Pilot Silent, Save for Raves of Hater Paper
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, the surviving teenage Somali pirate, was back in court yesterday, making the best of his unplanned NYC visit. So far his main contribution has been to stimulate New York Post headline writers: More » -
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Pirates: Not So Tough After All
How can the world sustain its romantic pirate fantasies when the only real pirates are now getting their asses kicked not just by Navy SEALs (understandable), but by lesser nations and—god—cruise ships? More » -
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Caterwauling Marauder Led to Slaughter: Keening Corsair Is Tabloid Fodder
Somali teen pirate sensation Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (today's spelling!) went to court yesterday, and guess what, he cried. Will this give the NY Post the chance to use the term "Priva-Tears?" Let's find out! More » -
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Grinning Pirate Is the Toast of NYC
Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is the biggest young star to hit New York since the inimitable Lady Gaga! He's a teen Somali pirate; he's already famous; and he's about to be demonized for our collective amusement! More » -
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The Cause of and Solution To Piracy: Women
Somali pirates are swaggering around shore like big gangsters, stealing women from the honest guys. Which is ironic, since the best idea yet to control the pirates is: make the women hit them with rocks. More » -
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Somali Pirates Go to the Beach
Finally, some intrepid journalists have infiltrated the Somali pirates'...dusty hangout area, with video cameras! 20/20 pals around with pirates tonight, on television. Watch this clip of America's new enemy, with guns, on a little boat! -
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Kindly Americans Didn't Hack Somali Pirate to Pieces
The hero American crew members of the Maersk Alabama taught those teenage Somali Pirates a few things about America, and its values: we value freedom of commerce. And we value being able to kill you: More » -
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We Must Destroy Somalia to Honor Our Brave Seamen
Break out the confetti and American Flag sheet cakes, because the heroic crew of the ship jacked by pirates is back in the USA! A nation celebrates, on instinct. Meanwhile, the pirates are talking shit! More »
