November 17, 2009
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Sometimes I forget…

…that the relatively peaceful way of life we are fortunate enough to enjoy here in Canada is by no means normal everywhere around the globe.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.

Until the last couple years, I thought pirate stories were just that, romantic stories from a fabled past, yet piracy is big business today. It seems that pirates off Somalia are regularly seizing ships and holding crews for huge ransoms.

The recent end of the monsoon season has brought calmer seas, allowing easier sailing for pirate skiffs that continue to take vessels despite the presence of an armada of warships from the United States, the European Union, NATO, Japan, South Korea and China.

There have been over 300 pirate attacks in that area this year.

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  2. Anthony StaggCandy's avatar
    Anthony StaggCandy

    You don’t have to go as far as Somalia. Hey, we used to worry about pirates when we were growing up on the west coast. We always had a boat or knew someone with a boat…security for a relatively okay boat is a real issue even in Canada. Shitheads are everywhere, unfortunately…

  3. Four Dinners's avatar
    Four Dinners

    We’ve had an influx of literally thousands of Somali’s around Heathrow….many aren’t but claim to be.

    There’s trouble brewin’ here. The Asians hate them big time. Us whitey’s are just keeping our heads down for when it all goes BOOM!

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