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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 01/09/2008 :  13:07:22  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage


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[url="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/pirate-watcher-adds-up-attacks-for-2007/index.html?hp"]NYTimes article link[/url]
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/09/2008 :  22:31:20  Show Profile
I've never quite understood... If pirates capture a container ship, what do they do with it? Go into some port and fence the containers?? (Hey buddy, wanna see some BIG boxes? I've got a BUNCH!) If they ransom it, how do they get away with the money? Or, if the payment is made on-shore, how do the pirates get away from the ship then? Everybody knows where it is...

Oh, and how do you go about boarding a container ship at sea? I guess maybe you threaten to sink it, and then they invite you aboard to kill them? Why don't the container ships carry some anti-tank weapons. Hmmmmmm... I'm having trouble here.
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C25Guy
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Response Posted - 01/10/2008 :  00:01:27  Show Profile
Dave, you may enjoy a book called Dangerous Waters by John Burnett. Its all about modern piracy and is set primarily in Southeast Asia. I thought it was facinating and got through it in two days.

The book makes it sound like the pirates are primarily interested in the contents of the ship's safe. One of the interesting parts is how crews use the ship's firefighting equipment for defense at night.
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 01/10/2008 :  08:23:29  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
The UK????
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 01/10/2008 :  11:39:39  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Today, the bureau said that the international effort “may prove to be the only way to stop the <b>pirates, which have until now shown complete disregard for the law.”</b><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<font color="blue"><font face="Comic Sans MS">DUHHHH!! Ain't that the definition of PIRATES</font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="blue">??
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Dave Bristle
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