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To: axial who wrote (12433)	12/2/2001 6:04:14 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

The key event here occurs almost 30 years ago: the "hijacking" of a Canadian oil shipment - bought and paid for in a Canadian contractual arrangement Y'know.. that's what courts are for. And it would seem to me that had Canadians suffered tremendous damages, they should have sued on the basis of breach of contract and NOT HUSHED IT UP. I don't know the specifics of the actual incident (but would love it if you can provide either links or more details on the event), but I can't see how the US could "hijack" a foreign flagged ship and force them to offload their cargo in the US. I would agree that would be a case of piracy. However, if the shipper (Esso) entered into an agreement to deliver the oil to the US, breaking its contract with the Canadian purchaser, then there would be no case of piracy, but rather a breach of contract issue here. The only thing preventing companies from breaking contracts are the legal and financial repercussions of doing so (contracts are broken all the time). So if the damage was severe, they should have sued for compensation. Hawk

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