Real life pirates have captured a Ukrainian cargo ship that is carrying T-34 tanks and other munitions. The pirates operate along the 1800 mile coast of the primarily Muslim nation of Somalia. Somalia is in the primarily Muslim area called the Horn of Africa at the south end of the Red Sea and across from the primarily Muslim area of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Yemen is where Muslim terrorists tried to blow up the American Embassy last week.
The capital of primarily Muslim Somalia is Mogadishu, where US lost soldiers who were dragged through the streets naked by Muslim warlords and their peons in 1993. [Mogadishu story here, but warning that the pictures of US soldiers dragged by Muslims is sickening]
It apparently is not known if the pirates are Muslim (since no main stream media has said so) so I won't assume they are Muslim. Perhaps they are Buddists.
Pirates rob all kinds of ships and sailing boats along the primarily Musim coast of Somalia and often kidnap people for ranson, but now they have captured a cargo ship with tanks in it from Russia.
The pirates (who we don't know are Muslim) have demanded $35 million in ransom. The US has sent a ship to the area and the Russians are really pissed and have also sent a warship.
Story here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment