Remembering Freighters

[aggienaut]

   Remember the freighter that got hijacked off the Coast of Somalia? The M/V Faina with 33 Russian tanks and all kinds of other armaments (and 20 crew members)? As far as I can tell (google results in no new news) it is STILL sitting out there surrounded by US and Russian warships. A spokesman for the pirates has said "We are happy on the ship, and are celebrating (ARR?)"

   Remember the freighter that crashed into a bridge support in the San Francisco Bay and spilled oil everywhere about a year ago (Nov 7th, 2007)? Six of the crewmembers are STILL detained as material witnesses a year later.
   "Living rent-free in apartments and hotels, they are permitted to roam San Francisco and the surrounding area. They continue to draw their salaries, and each also receives $1,200 per month in witness fees, more than the monthly salary of at least one detained seaman." (from the article) -- Sounds to me like they've got it made!


   Going back to Somalia for a moment though, apparently Somalia loves Russia and has applauded their War on Georgia and promised to recognize the Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independant countries. Such sauce!


Picture of the Day

New beekeeping pictures up


   Today at work we bottled beer. (=

Comments

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the last i heard about that ship was about a week ago- maybe a little more- when the pirates were threatening that if they died, the crewmembers would die as well. since then, nothing. and yeah, somalia's got all kinds of issues. you hear about the girl who was just stoned to death? she was 13 years old, reported having been raped, and was convicted of having sex outside of marriage.

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