Friday, November 21, 2008
Money Piracy in the Age of Obama
Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Putting the pirate back into the word piracy.
CNN reports:
More than $150 million have been paid to pirates around the Horn of Africa over the past 12 months, Kenya's foreign minister said Friday.
The supertanker Sirius Star is the biggest vessel seized by pirates this year.The money is encouraging them to continue and become more brazen in their attacks, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula told a news conference in the Kenyan capital.
"That is why they are becoming more and more audacious in their activities," Wetangula said.
Some pirate goodies:
Go here to see a Live Piracy Map.
Go here to see a Somali pirate map with skull and crossbones.
Go here to see the eye-popping figure the Somali pirates are demanding for the Saudi super tanker.
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When you guys justifiably cry about the genocide going on in Africa, I wish you'd remember where they get the money from.
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Well, of course pirate attacks are continuing and becoming more brazen. Their investments are probably tanking, so they need to up revenue.
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"The age of Obama"? What, you just throw his name in any headline now? We are still, unfortunately, in the age of Bush.
8
these are the coolest people on earth. I don't care how rich or successful you are, you wish you were them.
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@8: you won't wish you're them when the sauds & the iranians start bombing the fuck out of somali pirate port towns.
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