Somalian pirates captured a vessel crammed with $30 million worth of grenade launchers, piles of ammunition, even battle tanks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/africa/27pirates.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27035026/

The gun-toting, seafaring thieves, who routinely pounce on cargo ships bobbing along on the Indian Ocean, suddenly found themselves in command of a vessel crammed with $30 million worth of grenade launchers, piles of ammunition, even battle tanks.

But this time, they might have gotten far more than they bargained for. Unlike so many other hijackings off the Somali coast that have gone virtually unnoticed — and unpunished — the attack Thursday evening on the Faina, a Ukrainian vessel bringing military equipment to Kenya, has provoked the wrath of two of the most powerful militaries on the planet.

They also were able to capture a Saudi oil tanker.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gYLXwdnzWMdSmhbTOS8UElJvhaQQ

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somali pirates holding a huge oil-laden Saudi tanker on Saturday vowed to fight back should any assault be attempted to free the ship and urged its owners to pay a 25 million dollars ransom.

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Published: September 26, 2008

Old news is fucking old.

Old news is fucking old.

I know but the oil tanker thing is more recent and there was nothing else on totse about Somalian pirates.

Jazzbos committing crimes--the oldest news there is.

And yet it continues unabated, because we continue to let them exist.