I didn't think this still happened....

m@cc@

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/17/world/main4608750.shtml

Bloody hell. :eek:

orestes

They're trying to up the pirate activity in an effort to cause global warming to slow down

biko

(CBS/AP) The U.S. Navy said Monday that pirates had seized control of a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the coast of Kenya.

A spokesman for the Navy's 5th Fleet confirmed to CBS News that the crude oil tanker Sirius Star, owned by Saudi-based Aramco corporation and operated by Vella International, was seized 450 miles off the coast of Kenya on Nov. 15.

According to Lt. Nathan Christensen, the tanker is three times the size of most U.S. aircraft carriers, making it the largest vessel to be attacked by pirates off Africa's coast, according to the U.S.

Christensen said the attack was significant as it represented an expansion of the pirates' operational zone, which had been confined to about 200 miles of the coast.

Russian and British forces repelled a pirate attack off Somalia in the first action by a Russian warship sent to bolster international forces fighting a plague of hijackings in coastal waters vital to global commerce, the two nations' militaries said last week.

Attacks have continued virtually unabated off Somalia, which has had no functioning government since 1991. Kenya is immediately to the south of Somalia on the east Africa coast.

The total number of naval attacks off Somalia now stands at 84 for this year, with 33 ships hijacked and 12 still in pirates' hands, most notably a Ukrainian freighter.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution in June allowing ships of foreign nations that cooperate with the Somali government to enter their territorial waters "for the purpose of repressing acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea."

About 20,000 ships sail through the Gulf of Aden each year, compared to 13,000 that pass through the Panama Canal and 50,000 that traverse the Straits of Malacca - formerly the most pirate-infested waterway in the world.

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brianthebard

You didn't? Piracy is still huge globally.

Zangetsu

They should have never released pirates of the Caribbean... People are influenced by TV far too easily!

chin_grin

IBPVND

(In Before Pirates Vs Ninja Debate)

Third_Echelon

Yeah, I've been following the pirates stories for the past year or so....

Mad bunch of lunatics altogether. The British navy intercepted a load of pirates there last week. They killed 2 of them I think it was in the raid on their ship.

The pirates are basically going up to big tankers etc with rocket, grenades and machine guns and taking over ships with millions of dollars worth of cargo, usually oil....

There is a UN taskforce setup to patrol the area..

Turd Ferguson

Hmmmmmmmm, how does one become a pirate?

chin_grin

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Hmmmmmmmm, how does one become a pirate?

Lots of manual lab-yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Sorry couldn't resist.

Third_Echelon

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Hmmmmmmmm, how does one become a pirate?

You need a big gun...

http://huntoftheseawolves.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/060706-modern-pirates_big.jpg

Dancor

Horn of Africa

Hee hee

Radharc na Sleibhte

Didier Drogba?

humanji

Third_Echelon wrote:

You need a big gun...

http://huntoftheseawolves.net/blog/w...irates_big.jpg

And you need to fit into the regulation uniform...

http://www.oseland.net/dragonpirate2.jpg

Tigger

orestes wrote: »

They're trying to up the pirate activity in an effort to cause global warming to slow down

it'll never work the ninjas will take then out

Goodluck2me

They do have bloody good radio station though.

niceirishfella

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Hmmmmmmmm, how does one become a pirate?

Hack off your leg and replace with a timber one:pac:

ejmaztec

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Hmmmmmmmm, how does one become a pirate?

Hack one of your legs off, gouge one of your eyes out, staple a parrot to one of your shoulders, get a crate of grog from the offie and steal a boat.

niceirishfella

Ehhhhhh.....Duh!

ejmaztec

niceirishfella wrote: »

Ehhhhhh.....Duh!

I would have thanked you for the leg up but didn't see your post as mine was interrupted in mid-composition.

niceirishfella

ejmaztec wrote: »

I would have thanked you for the leg up but didn't see your post as mine was interrupted in mid-composition.

ARRRRRRRRR, no worries!

btw - those Pirates do cracking DVD's and CD's for bargain prices too:D

magick

yerrrr arrr fiddle de dee being a pirate is alright with me!

Insect Overlord

Why are pirates called pirates?

They just Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre!

In seriousness, you'd expect a ship like that to be better protected...

monkeyfudge

They captured a shipment of 30 T-72 tanks earlier in the year.

af_thefragile

All this makes me more paranoid and consider 2nd thoughts for my plans to sail around the world someday...

marcsignal

ejmaztec wrote: »

Hack one of your legs off, gouge one of your eyes out, staple a parrot to one of your shoulders.....

if you just go out there and confront the guys on the boat in question I'm pretty sure they'll help you out with that part

oh and you best bring a plank aswell

Wertz

monkeyfudge wrote: »

They captured a shipment of 30 T-72 tanks earlier in the year.

So that's the fuel issue sorted....now if only they could get them to float!

niceirishfella

They are hardy Fcukers those pirates, but they still can't beat WOODWORM!

FlutterinBantam

Nuke 'em till they glow...only answer.

There would be no arrrrrr fcukin arrrrrrrrrr then.

ejmaztec

marcsignal wrote: »

if you just go out there and confront the guys on the boat in question I'm pretty sure they'll help you out with that part

oh and you best bring a plank aswell

That's a surefire way of getting rid of Pat Kenny as well as the odd excess body-parts.

marcsignal

Holy shit !! Check this pic of one of them!! fckn dangerous looking bastard !!

Wertz

Just watching the news story of this on Ch4....where the hell are they going to dock this? It's not like you can pull into just anywhere ith a fully laden supertaker and it's not like it's easy to hide. Apparently this affected the oil price on the Dow as well (any bloody excuse)
So $100M+ worth of booty...time to send in a navy seal unit and retake the vessel before it gets into hostile waters...

ejmaztec

marcsignal wrote: »

Holy shit !! Check this pic of one of them!! fckn dangerous looking bastard !!

I bet he's shivered a few timbers :eek:

ejmaztec

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Mark200

They've always been around. The media just never covered it because it was boring and happened all the time. But ever since those pirates took that boat with tanks and weapons and stuff a month or two ago, people suddenly find it exciting so now it's always in the news.

The guy

chin_grin wrote: »

IBPVND

(In Before Pirates Vs Ninja Debate)

No need for a debate, everybody knows Ninjas win.

The_B_Man

Where are pirates from anyway? Arrrrgentina?

Stercus Accidit

I was suprised by the images showing the amount of them with russian PK machine guns, that shipment of guns and tanks explains it.

Fook, they are blooy sorted if they figure a way out to get those tanks to float

camel toe

me and my mate are gonna be mercenaries in south america

Stercus Accidit

The guy wrote: »

No need for a debate, everybody knows Ninjas win.

One group hijacks ships worth millions of dollars, has heavy machine guns, tanks and no government giving them free reign.

The other exists only at cosplay conventions.

You fooking tell me who would win that fight.