(Somali) Pirates 'seize German cargo ship'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 13:49 GMT,
Sunday, 5 April 2009 14:49 UK

Pirates 'seize German cargo ship'

Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German
container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant
mariners' charity reports.

They seized the ship on Saturday about 400 nautical
miles (740km) off the southern Somali port of Kismayo,
between the Seychelles and Kenya.

A crew of 24 is believed to be aboard the ship, the
Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance
Programme said.


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Somalia-based pirates have captured dozens of ships
over the past year.

They have expanded their reach far out into the Indian
Ocean since foreign warships started patrolling coastal
areas.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7984393.stm

[Democracyinkind]

1. Let's stop dumping our nuclear waste into their oceans and

let's see if they'll stay that piracy.
If that doesn't work, we might want to stop fishing the shit out of the few clean regions they have left.
Maybe that would deescalate.

[ManiacJoe]

2. You are living in the past.

The current piracy has nothing to do with fishing and dumping. It is all about ransom for the crews and cargo.