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Pirates of Somalia just doesn’t seem to have the right ring to it… and yet- that’s exactly where we’re at.
Pirates in Somalia hijacked a cargo ship with dozens of foreign crew members reportedly on board, officials said Tuesday.
The attackers seized the ship late Monday in the waters off the war-battered capital, Mogadishu, said Paddy Ankunda, a Somalia spokesman for the African Union, which has peacekeepers at the city’s port.
A cargo trader who works at the port said the ship was from South Korea, with 43 foreign crew members on board. The trader, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to feared reprisals from the pirates, said the ship had been carrying a load of sugar from India. Both spoke by telephone from Mogadishu.
The pirates are not believed to have been South Korean- but they were all dressed in flamboyant outfits of ruffles, feathers, buckled overcoats, and rapiers.
An international watchdog reported this month that pirate attacks worldwide jumped 14 percent in the first nine months of 2007, with the biggest increases off the poorly policed waters of Somalia and Nigeria.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was released May of 2007. The 5th month in 2007- for anyone who’s paying attention.
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