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On 8 Jun 2005 11:55:27 -0700, wrote:

Eight pirates armed with automatic guns and long knives
fired warning shots at a tanker underway. They boarded
and kidnapped master and boatswain and left in a fishing
boat with ship's documents. The Second Officer navigated
the tanker safely to a port. Pirates have demanded ransom
for releasing the crew. Further news is awaited.

Any day now, a pirated supertanker or worse, an LNG carrier, will run
aground in the Malacca Straits or blow up near a city due to this
lawlessness. The so-called War on Terror should include piracy in
these areas, because a few strafing runs will kill enough of these
*******s to discourage the rest.

Thanks for the update. I am thinking my eventual circumnavigation will
miss a few more "beauty spots".

R.