Pirates take 'super tanker' towards Somalia

The Sirius Star -- a crude "super tanker" flagged in Liberia and owned by the Saudi Arabian-based Saudi Aramco company -- was attacked on Saturday more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.

link: (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/17...)
submitted by: Dopey Nov 17, 2008
category: News keywords: pirates, ship, piracy, theft, tanker


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Who steals a megatanker and gets away with it?

Do they demand a helicopter as part of their ransom?

posted by: xcell Nov 17, 2008

Helicopter has got to be included in negotiations. How else would they escape?

posted by: Zahara Nov 17, 2008

Yikes, it's full of oil. I hope they don't threaten to crash it.

posted by: ErinBear Nov 17, 2008

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