tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post5088790035600761543..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: Who Are These "Pirates" And Who Do They Serve?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-42724534976752076942008-11-18T22:14:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:14:00.000-05:00Maybe. Maybe I didn't think it through clearly eno...Maybe. Maybe I didn't think it through clearly enough.<BR/><BR/>but, let's put it this way; does it make sense that a boatload of pirates are able to take over a supertanker worth several hundred millions of dollars, and get away with it?<BR/><BR/>No, I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>So, what if the pirates are taking the cargo and delivering it for the Saudis/Iranians.<BR/><BR/>for instance, say AQ wants to buy some oil at a lower than market rate, and Saudi wants to supply it. So, the "pirates" board the ship, take the oil, collect a ransom, and no one is the wiser.<BR/><BR/>Even more dangerous when the cargo is nuclear.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you say that that Iranian ship ported in Europe without anything unusual on it. So, couldn't the unusual cargo have been removed?<BR/><BR/>And, if there wasn't anything unusual, then why were the "pirates" hair falling out, and why did they have skin burns, and why did so many of them die?Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-6417374458835724602008-11-18T21:23:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:23:00.000-05:00Well, it turned out not to have anything unusual o...Well, it turned out not to have anything unusual on that ship. It ended up porting somewhere in Europe and that was confirmed. And frankly, if they are backing these pirates, paying ransom to themselves would be no great shakes.CAPTAIN THURSTONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657903123442649768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-84456745219422223492008-11-18T20:53:00.000-05:002008-11-18T20:53:00.000-05:00Very interesting, and I would be inclined to belie...Very interesting, and I would be inclined to believe it, if I could figure out why Iran would have their "pirates' hijack their own ship; the one containing nuclear material.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-42384909615360766992008-11-18T18:53:00.000-05:002008-11-18T18:53:00.000-05:00I posted a different angle on this same subject to...I posted a different angle on this same subject today. Based on a website I stumbled upon. Iranians?<BR/><BR/>http://thebigfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/are-iranians-behind-somali-pirate.htmlCAPTAIN THURSTONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657903123442649768noreply@blogger.com