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Mercenary Guards Jump Ship as Somali Pirates Remain Undeterred
By Gregory Viscusi
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The owners of the Biscaglia, a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker, paid thousands of dollars for three guards to protect it from Somali pirates.
It didn’t work. Brigands struck on Nov. 28, seizing the 27,350-ton vessel and its crew of 25 Indians as it headed toward the Suez Canal. After failing to repulse the pirates with deafening sonic devices, the unarmed guards jumped ship to escape and were plucked from the Gulf of Aden by a German navy helicopter.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=akZu86OC…
UNARMED? Why would you want to be a guard on a ship that is unarmed. This to me does not sound too bright.
By Gregory Viscusi
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The owners of the Biscaglia, a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker, paid thousands of dollars for three guards to protect it from Somali pirates.
It didn’t work. Brigands struck on Nov. 28, seizing the 27,350-ton vessel and its crew of 25 Indians as it headed toward the Suez Canal. After failing to repulse the pirates with deafening sonic devices, the unarmed guards jumped ship to escape and were plucked from the Gulf of Aden by a German navy helicopter.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=akZu86OC…
UNARMED? Why would you want to be a guard on a ship that is unarmed. This to me does not sound too bright.
STUPID.
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