reply to post by Keyhole
Sounds like they were exposed to radiation. If someone already said this, sorry.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
They are capturing ships because the French and Spanish appease anyone who captures their ships and pay the pirates off... it's a good business to be in, unless of course you capture a ship containing high levels of radioactivity..
Originally posted by Rockpuck
They are capturing ships because the French and Spanish appease anyone who captures their ships and pay the pirates off...
France announced Tuesday its military forces have rescued two French sailors held hostage off the coast of Somalia - waters considered among the world's most dangerous when it comes to pirate attacks.
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The order to rescue the two French sailors was given late Monday night by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The French president's office says the French army killed one Somali pirate and captured six others during the mission that freed a couple held hostage for the past two weeks.
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Mr. Sarkozy said France would not tolerate a situation where crimes pay.
now you're getting it. Like I said, we're not concerned with the IRAN DEYANAT (believe me, when that press piece came out on the 11th, we
were flipping out, but it's all good). The FAINA is what we're focused on (and which is why I've been working 17 hour days). A man who said he was the captain of the seized ship and who identified himself as Viktor Nikolsky told the AP that a Russian crew member died Sunday because of hypertension.
``What's on board is of concern to us as much as the criminal activity,'' Christensen told the AP, adding that the Navy does not want the tanks and other weapons to end up ``in the wrong hands.''
Pirates seized the Ukrainian-operated ship Faina off the coast of Somalia on Thursday as it headed to Kenya carrying 33 Russian-built T-72 tanks and a substantial amount of ammunition and spare parts. The ordnance was ordered by the Kenyan government.
