You want to know something, as far as I am concerned, I couldn't care less. The pirates need to let the hostages leave the ship and they can have it and the oil. They need to let the crew leave.
Do you suppose they are taking the oil to Mullah Omar?
Somali pirates suspected of hijacking giant oil tanker
The crew of 25 on the Sirius Star is kidnapped in the bold attack on the Arabian Sea. U.S. military officials say this represents a 'fundamental' change in the way pirates are operating.
By Borzou Daragahi
7:07 AM PST, November 17, 2008
Reporting from Beirut -- In a dramatic and unprecedented show of prowess, suspected Somali pirates seized an oil tanker three times the size of a U.S. aircraft carrier deep in open seas, the U.S. military in the Middle East announced today.The Liberian-flagged Sirius Star oil tanker was hijacked and its multinational crew of 25 kidnapped by pirates in the Arabian Sea on Saturday more than 450 nautical miles from Mombasa, Kenya, the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet said.
Typically, pirates attack within 200 miles of the shoreline and go after smaller prey, said U.S. Navy Lt. Nathan Christensen, adding that the pirates were "changing the way they're doing business" in the region."What this represents is a fundamental ability of pirates to be able to operate off the coast to an extent we have not seen before," Christensen said in a phone conversation from Manama, Bahrain, home to the 5th Fleet. "It's the largest ship we've seen attacked."The giant oil tanker is owned by Saudi Arabia-based Saudi Aramco. Crew members include citizens of Britain, Poland, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, the Navy said. Christensen said the pirates have not made any demands yet.
The Sirius Star, manufactured in South Korea by Dubai-based Vela International Marine Ltd., is classified as a "very large crude-oil carrier," which typically cost about $120 million and can transport up to 2 million barrels of oil....
