MetaFilter posts tagged with pirates and Somalia

Cutthroat Capitalism

gman — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:35:28 -0800

WIRED contributing editor Scott Carney interviewed an ocean-going hijacker for his story on the economics of Somali piracy. Cutthroat Capitalism: The Game

Puntland

JVA — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:38:03 -0800

Visit beautiful Puntland! "You can find more or less everything in Puntland: mountains, wide beaches, clean lakes, deep forests, world-class historic monuments, and friendly people." Enjoy a traditional Somali breakfast over the daily paper. If you plan on an extended visit, consider taking a course at good ol' PSU.

We're Only In It For the Money

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:25:34 -0800

Somali pirates have captured a Saudi oil tanker, demanding a $25 million ransom. Somali pirates are well known and active - as of 30 September, 12 vessels remained captive and under negotiation with more than 250 crew being held hostage. But this time they may have gone too far: by capturing a ship of a Muslim nation, the pirates have drawn the ire of Somali Islamist fighters, who have vowed to combat the pirates. The pirates say they're just doing it for the cash, while some report they're living large. Who are Somalia's pirates anyway?

Yo-ho-ho

gman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:02:25 -0800

Piracy may be on the rise, but it's never really gone away. Each pin in the first link contains an incident report.

'Our sources say it contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals'

VicNebulous — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:53:33 -0800

A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates. Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill "within days" of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died.