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Old 11-19-2008
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Re: Somali Officials Suspicious Of Citizen's New Oil Tanker
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Originally Posted by solletica View Post
Those speedboats weren't targeting any ship that had a torpedo that could outrun it, so why would they bother? And now that the Somali pirates have $$, I'm sure they would have no problem investing in a faster boat if they ever tried to hijack a vessel w/a military grade torpedo on board.

Hell, the boat would probably cost less than the torpedo
Sigh.

What "speedboats" are the Somalis using? Where did they get them?

You do understand where Somalia is and what kind of resources its residents have, right? You do know that most of these pirates are former fishermen - not men of wealth who can spend several hundred thousand dollars on a speedboat capable of doing 45 knots.


Have you ever even been on a boat?
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