Somali Pirates

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

"Self esteem" was not invented until 1972. So that was not an issue in this case.

Before that it was called "honor". But, like New Coke was rolled out to cover up the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup to the Coke formula, we had a name change to obscure the loss of sugary honor in favor of cheaper self esteem.

[flippyshark]

I'm looking forward to the Pirates of the Somali Coast attraction redo.

[Kevy Baby]

And now the excuses start:

Teenage pirate was ‘brainwashed,’ mom says
Family saved $6 each month to pay for school fees in impoverished Somalia
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[BarTopDancer]

Top 5 Blunders of Somali Pirates.

NATO has some good PR people:

On March 30, pirates apparently mistook a German NATO supply ship, the FGS Spessart, for a merchant ship when they targeted it in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen. “Poor judgment by the pirates turned out to be a real opportunity for seven nations representing three task forces to work together and strike a momentous blow for maritime safety and security,” said a NATO spokesman.

And of course, the one that prompted this thread:

1. On April 8, pirates seized the US-flagged 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food aid from USAID and other agencies to help malnourished people in Uganda and Somalia. The pirates didn’t last long. In a rescue worthy of a Hollywood script, US Navy SEAL snipers killed three pirates and freed the American sea captain who had offered himself as a hostage to save his crew.