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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (113743)11/18/2008 11:53:52 PM
From: Archie Meeties  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206176
 
Remember the days when some person toiling in a government backoffice in Iran could open his mouth and say something antiamerican and crude would rally $5?



To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (113743)11/18/2008 11:56:01 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 206176
 
The really bad thing about this is that the pirates have demonstrated how incredibly easy it is to capture a fully loaded VLCC. OBL has got to be slapping himself on the forehead and saying: "WTF didn't I think of that?"



To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (113743)11/19/2008 12:18:32 AM
From: energyplay3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 206176
 
Pirates spread money around in Somalia -

guardian.co.uk

If I was paranoid, I would speculate that the pirates are being allowed / encouraged to flourish to displace other political rivals in Somalia, such as the Islamic Courts Union.