Somalia pirates free Greek cargo vessel

[Risto the Great]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8541859.stm

Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned cargo ship and its crew of 19 after a ransom was paid, officials say.

The Navios Apollon was seized north of the Seychelles on 28 December as it headed from the US to India with a cargo of fertiliser.

The Greek captain and 18 Filipino crewmen were all safe and the vessel was heading to Oman and then India.

The ransom - an unspecified amount - was airdropped onto the vessel on Saturday, a Greek official said.

An international naval force patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean has been unable to stop attacks on commercial vessels from pirates based in Somalia.

Most vessels are released once a ransom is paid.

Correspondents say the upsurge in piracy in the region is a consequence of the failure to find a solution to Somalia's continuing political disarray.

Damn, I thought it was going to be a good joke .... something like:

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because the vessel was carrying all of Greece's gold reserves and the pirate needed more than that to fill his decayed tooth.

[Bill77]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8541859.stm


Damn, I thought it was going to be a good joke .... something like:

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because the vessel was carrying all of Greece's gold reserves and the pirate needed more than that to fill his decayed tooth.

Bahahahahahahah

[Coolski]

Q: Why did the Somali pirates free the Greek cargo vessel?
A: They realised they were just holding themselves hostage.

[Risto the Great]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because the ship was carrying 6000 years of Greek Glory, but nobody could find it, and nobody could prove they owned it.

[sf.]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because it was full of shit.

[Risto the Great]

Hey, this is fun.

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because they lied and said they were Macedonian, and everyone knows not to steal from a Macedonian.

[sf.]

RtG, I can go on forever with these things.

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Coz the Greeks said they don't have any money at the moment, but they'll be getting nazi reparations soon.

[Risto the Great]

Gold!
I love it.

[Risto the Great]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: The pirates didn't even go on deck, Dora was sunbathing nude and her assets were as good as all other Greek assets at the moment.

[sf.]

F you and the image that is forever burned in my mind.

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: Because the Greeks wrote a strongly-worded letter to them.

[Bill77]

Hey what happened to Thessa's Joke?

well it whent something like this,



Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: They realised they share similar genes with the captain.

[Bill77]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: No point in sinking it, Greek ships are notorious for sinking with out help and Greek Captains are the first to abandon ship.

[The LION will ROAR]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A. Because there was only Albanians on the Greek Cargo...

[Risto the Great]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A: The Greek Captain promised he had money back home and would pay the pirates as soon as he got back. And that his country is really quite wealthy, its just that somebody was messing with the books and put the credits on the debits side. And that the old Government was the problem, not the new one. And that the Nazis had the money, then gave it back to us for the Olympics, then we gave it out as pensions for everyone, then we really just want loans at cheap rates so that we can pay people back money that we are owed because those EU fatcats stole it from us. And Macedonia is Greek and stuff. And the pirate died from the smell of bullshit fumes.

[The LION will ROAR]

Q: Why did the Somalia pirates free the Greek cargo vessel ?
A. Because the Greeks robbed them....