Pirates hijack boat, mysteriously die.

Last edited by Hulohot on Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:28 am, edited 1 time in total.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,430681,00.html

Maybe not so mysteriously.

As Somali pirates brazenly maintain their standoff with American warships off the coast of Africa, the cargo aboard one Iranian ship they commandeered is raising concerns that it may contain materials that can be used for chemical or biological weapons.

They ransacked the ship and searched the containers. But in the days following the hijacking, a number of them fell ill and died, suffering skin burns and hair loss, according to reports.

The ship's contents are still unclear, but the reported deaths and skin abrasions have raised concerns that it could be more than meets the eye.

The massive shipping company that controls the vessel, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL), was recently designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury over nuclear proliferation concerns. IRISL, which is accused of falsifying documents to facilitate the shipment of weapons and chemicals for use in Iran's missile program, is blocked from moving money through U.S. banks as well as from carrying food and medical supplies as part of U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.

Chemical experts say the reports sound inconsistent with chemical poisoning, but may reflect the effects of exposure to radiation.

"It's baffling," said Jonathan Tucker, a senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. "I'm not aware of any chemical agent that produces loss of hair within a few days. That's more suggestive of high levels of radioactive waste."

Maybe it's a UFO.

gooseberry fool, I'd better investigate this some. Can't have the crew of El Boat of Goat suffering from similiar problems in the future.

This is all Gordon Brown's fault!

I like the idea that there are still pirates sailing the seven seas. Not classical pirates, but pirates all the same. Do you reckon Somalian pirates have parrots? Do you think they saying things like "Yar, scurvy dog!" but in Somalian? What exactly constitutes a pirate ship nowadays? Do they just use yachts?

I'm going to stop voicing every thought about pirates that comes into my head.

I want to be a pirate. Much better than ninjas.

Agreed Igor. The amount of freedom pirates must have had back then

Sail anywhere, evade the law, find treasure ect.

Igor wrote:I like the idea that there are still pirates sailing the seven seas. Not classical pirates, but pirates all the same. Do you reckon Somalian pirates have parrots? Do you think they saying things like "Yar, scurvy dog!" but in Somalian? What exactly constitutes a pirate ship nowadays? Do they just use yachts?

I'm going to stop voicing every thought about pirates that comes into my head.

I want to be a pirate. Much better than ninjas.

Ninjas FTW !

Ninjas are way cool they can flip out and just kill people for no reason.

You two are just dropping hints about wanting to join El Boat of Goat.

Johnny Blaze wrote:You two are just dropping hints about wanting to join El Boat of Goat.

Permission to climb aboard sir? I will serve thee in any way possibly. No homo.

Johnny Blaze wrote:You two are just dropping hints about wanting to join El Boat of Goat.

I want to join, but I'm not Somalian. Will that hinder me in anyway?

Room for a Ninja?

I can't promise I won't flip out though and kill you all.

Igor wrote:I like the idea that there are still pirates sailing the seven seas. Not classical pirates, but pirates all the same. Do you reckon Somalian pirates have parrots? Do you think they saying things like "Yar, scurvy dog!" but in Somalian? What exactly constitutes a pirate ship nowadays? Do they just use yachts?

I'm going to stop voicing every thought about pirates that comes into my head.

I want to be a pirate. Much better than ninjas.

*makes joke about Somalians eating the birds rather than wearing them on their shoulder*

*cue epic lulz*

*gets coat*

Depleted Uranium Shells I'll bet.

Obviously radiation sickness; they must have been idiots and not handled whatever they were transporting very carefully.

PostRe: Pirates hijack boat, mysteriously die. by KK » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:53 pm

It's Uncharted come to life.

Serves themselves good rights! If they weren't there in the first place they would still be alive.

Apparently nowadays is a new golden age for pirateering. I'd love to be a pirate.

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