Pirates have been active lately, boarding a supertanker and holding it to ransom:
SOMALI pirates who hijacked Saudi oil super-tanker Sirius Star are demanding $US25 million ($A39.25 million) in ransom and have set a 10-day deadline, one of the pirates said.
"We are demanding $US25 million from the Saudi owners of the tanker. We do not want long-term discussions to resolve the matter," Mohamed Said said.
"The Saudis have 10 days to comply, otherwise we will take action that could be disastrous," Said added, without elaborating.
I'm glad someone trying to stop it:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of a suspected pirate vessel in waters off Somalia, where hijackings have become increasingly violent and the hijackers increasingly bold.
In a rare victory in the sea war against the Somali pirates, the Indian navy's INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats on Tuesday.
Noel Choong, who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, said he was heartened by the Tabar's success. "It's about time that such a forceful action is taken. It's an action that everybody is waiting for," Choong told The Associated Press.
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