Pirates steal tanks - real world

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Hmmm, wonder what Jack Sparrow is up to?

I was listening to George Noory on "Coast to Coast AM" the other night and one of his guests, a ship captain that helps finds jobs for merchant mariners, claimed that there might by radioactive cargo on board and a few of the pirates have radiation sickness or even died from it. Don't know how true it is, but I'm just passing it along.

Chuck M.

[pmulcahy11b]

Radioactive materials? This situation is getting very special...

I was listening to MSNBC this morning; apparently, the US and France are on the scene. We have one destroyer easily seen, and several others just far enough out that they can't be easily seen and it's difficult for the pirates to tell how many are out there. The French have been sniping at the pirates from helicopters every time they try to leave the ship; they haven't been shooting the pirates yet, but when they get in their motorboats, they destroy the outboard motors with .50 caliber sniper rifles. So somebody is doing something.

[Diamond_Spear]

Hmmm, SEAL, SCUBA gear, nderwater explosives. Would that equal plausible deniability?

[Raellus]

Yesterday I read that three of the pirates had been killed... by their own kind. Apparently, an argument broke out among the group on board the hijacked vessel as to what to do and it ended in gunfire. Poetic justice, I say. Those idiots are on the biggest of all emotional rollercoasters right now.

"Wow, we struck the mother load! Freakin' tanks! This is awesome. Wait 'til the guys back in Mogadishu hear about this!"

"They're Russian tanks, stupid."

"Oh sh*t, we just hijacked the wrong people's boat."

"Hey, anybody notice the Arleigh Burke class missile destroyer off our port bow?"

"And isn't that a French frigate?"

"Guys, maybe this wasn't such a good idea..."

[copeab]

Originally Posted by Nowhere Man 1966

Hmmm, wonder what Jack Sparrow is up to?

I was listening to George Noory on "Coast to Coast AM" the other night and one of his guests, a ship captain that helps finds jobs for merchant mariners, claimed that there might by radioactive cargo on board and a few of the pirates have radiation sickness or even died from it. Don't know how true it is, but I'm just passing it along.

Chuck M.

I've heard that story, but I thought it was a different ship with another group of pirates.

[Matt Wiser]

If the past is any guide, the pirates will find that the Russians have no patience in these matters; when terrorists in Beirut kidnapped four "diplomats" (read: intelligence agents) and murdered one, the GRU went out and found out who the leader of the group that did the deed was, and found his brother. They sent the brother back to the family-one piece at a time. Hostages promptly released with profound apologies. In this situation, the Russians won't waste much time talking to these creeps, and will teach them the folly of their ways. The survivors will probably be interrogated (harshly) and disposed of (the waters off Somalia are notorious for sharks....).

[kcdusk]

I've been bush for 5 days. Any news on if/how this was resolved?

Originally Posted by Nowhere Man 1966

Hmmm, wonder what Jack Sparrow is up to?

I was listening to George Noory on "Coast to Coast AM" the other night and one of his guests, a ship captain that helps finds jobs for merchant mariners, claimed that there might by radioactive cargo on board and a few of the pirates have radiation sickness or even died from it. Don't know how true it is, but I'm just passing it along.

Chuck M.

Is there ANY way I can listen to this show where I am(Okinawa)?

I love love LOVE that show, but, sadly(almost choking up here lol) I have not been able to hear the show for literally YEARS.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by bigehauser

Is there ANY way I can listen to this show where I am(Okinawa)?

www.wlsam.com I believe that they stream it.