Captain of hijacked tanker is Polish

some of this crew could lose a few pounds anyway!

Somali Islamists 'hunt pirates'. an interesting twist in the story. looks like piracy is good business in that area.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7743204.stm

so if it was a Christian owned ship it wouldn't be a crime?

It would...but they would not go chasing after the pirates...just hang around for a share of the loot....

shoot 'em.

At the moment they are paying out something like 70 million in ransomes.....jeez...give me half that i am pretty sure i could put together a group of people that would reduce the pirate attacks considerably....

Good intentions but they may have apparently sunk a hijacked Thai trawler..

cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/thai.trawler.india.navy/index.html

Piracy has been against the maritime laws for hundreds of years. These aren't "poor disadvantaged economically suffering" people trying to make a way, they are simple criminals. Race, religion, location.... none of it matters. If you resort to crime, you should be dealt with as a criminal.

Exterminate them. Hunt them down like vermin.

The question is why is this not the case ? Surely it is the answer!

Former Ottawa gas station operator rules home state of Somali pirates.

5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share -

Idiots!