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Somali pirates, in a fit of stupidity, attack HNLMS Tromp, a Dutch warship.

Posted on March 17, 2010, 9:59 pm, by Andrew, under National Security.

So a few months back I was walking through Baltimore and came across what you see in the photo below. Although I was never in the Navy and have been known to make some mistakes, I was pretty certain that what I was looking at was a warship, a fact confirmed after I walked to [...]

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Somali pirates keep cutting price for tank ship. Kidnapped by K-Mart a reality.

Posted on October 1, 2008, 5:47 pm, by Andrew, under National Security.

Waiting to fire. A blue light special has been announced by the pirates who seized a ship full of Russian tanks off the coast of Somalia. The pirates, who seized the ship last Thursday, initially demanded a $35 million ransom, then dropped it to $20 million and now it seems they are willing to settle [...]

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