Pirates - now in the Baltic

[Dr Strangelove]

I applaud Russia's unique ability to create bizarre, enigmatic situaties. Piracy in the Baltics? 5 warships hunting a ship loaded with timber? Other weird factors? It's awesome. Hopefully the situation will remain unresolved so Hollywood can make a movie out of it.

Oh God. Not another movie about the Russian mafia? Have the Crips, Bloods, MS-13, Mafia, Columbians and Mexicans all just vanished off the face of the Earth?

[BeBMan]

Some Swedes are taking this Pirate Bay thing waay too seriously.

Not to forget they came up with the Pirate Party...

[Zkribbler]

So far, this story seems so full of bull****, I don't know what to believe.

One rumour is saying that the pirates want a ransom of 1.5 million dollars, which is to be divided by the number of pirates (probably about 10), plus a bonus for their boss. Say each man will get 100 000 $

That sounds really desperate. Why risk a lifetime in prison, or even death penalty or getting killed in combat, for 2-5 years worth of normal salary in their home country?

Maybe they had faulty intelligence. Maybe they thought the ship had electronics or medicines or bullion. Only when they grabbed the ship did they find out, "Damn, it's wood!"

[Wezil]

There was a story yesterday that this ship had been found.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/08/14/10464576-ap.html