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We are seeing news stories about pirates taking supertankers. This might
appear to be a fairly plain and straightforward news story. Nothing could
be further from the truth.
It is a fact that there are not more than a few ports around the world where the
oil could be off loaded and be of any value. All of these ports are in
very strict hands of the oil industry. Iran itself is unable to even
refine its own oil and is strangling at this moment under the very fact I am
talking about. The USA only has about 3 ports where such tankers can off
load. South America only has about 3 such ports as well. Europe only has 4
or 5 such ports. These are "National Capital Assets" and are
highly guarded and no ship may dock and unload cargo from the tanker that have
been taken without permission of a major Nation State. No pirate anywhere on
earth can get any value from Hijacking a Super Tanker. Don't think for one
moment that the nations would pay a ransom for the poor wretches that man such a
ship. They will not even pay health insurance on such persons or a decent
wage. They care not if such persons live or die. These are
contractors or "expendable persons."
What you are looking at is an INSIDE JOB by the world banking community who is
trying to strike sufficient terror to keep us flat in a war and fully mortgaged
into that war rather than repairing our economic house. This is a
terrorist attack by the financial elites and using the pawns they financed in
the horn of Africa to take us to the belief that we must rush to war.
It is quite impossible for the Somali Pirates to have even boarded the ship from
their little "boats" without considerable warning. Such ships are
rather like 100 foot high steel walls. They have neither ladders nor
boarding sites that could be taken without being entirely at risk. Such a
ship could have called in and been reached by helicopter or US or Allied war
planes in minutes. A US based F20 or F16 or such could have reached the
site in a matter of less than 10 minutes from call. In the time necessary
to climb up the side of the ship, a war plane could have raked the pirates with
20mm cannon fire. A US chopper could have been there based from the fleet
assets in the region in less than an hour. Radar and Satellite
contact with such a ship is never broken world wide. This cannot be a
"Pirate" attack. To board a super tanker is nearly impossible
even when unopposed. If the crew had merely altered course or so much as
fired small arms against the pirates, a boarding party would have little or no
chance. This is why the US forces or others have not backed a rescue party.
Such a mission would have very high casualties.
The real issue here is to look at who stands to benefit. It is no accident
that the Saudi's and others who have been suffering a short fall in the price of
oil and are desperate to get that price up at any cost suddenly suffer a pirate
attack which would drive up the price of oil by up to double. Suffer the
loss of one super tanker and cargo or two means nothing. $40 Million in
cargo and another $20 million in ship, means nothing against driving the net
cost of oil up by $200 Billion or $500 Billion. This is clearly an inside
job. This is an attempt of desperation to extract more money from the
already broke western European and US Economies. We are suffering
Economic Terrorism by the world bankers. The Saudi's etc. are absolutely
broke financially. Look at their banks if you doubt this. They too are
having to do "Bail Outs" and "Stimulus Packages" on their
economies. China just had to cough up $585 Billion (their
whole wad) to do such a stimulus. Now they will have to spend it on OIL
and not on their economy. This is a war. But the war is not against
Al Quada or such. It is against freedom and liberty. It is to expand
slavery over all mankind. The world bankers are doing this.
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On Nov. 19, 2008, Sterling Allan wrote:
This reminds me of the accounts I've heard of early Western bank robberies that were done with the complicity of bank presidents, who would get a piece of the action. Hence, some of the famous bank robbers were able to go so long without getting "caught."
The following is and excerpt of what appeared in a Google News search for Pirates Taking Supertankers as of Nov. 18, 2008; 10:00 pm
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Pirates
take supertanker towards Somalia
CNN International - It is routine for pirates to take hijacked ships to shore, where they will keep them while they discuss negotiations. A multinational naval force including ... Video: Pirates Seize Supertanker Loaded With Crude Miliband warns of piracy danger |
 Times Online |
World
briefs: Pirates seize supertanker off Africa
Newsday, NY - The pirates were taking the tanker and crew to anchor off the port of Eyl, said a spokesman for the Navy's 5th Fleet. The port on Somalia's northeastern ... Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, Nov 18 |
 The Associated Press |
Saudi
FM: oil supertanker hijacking 'outrageous'
The Associated Press - ATHENS, Greece (AP) Saudi Arabia's foreign minister condemned the "outrageous" hijacking of a Saudi oil supertanker by Somali pirates and said Tuesday ... Piracy crisis exposes need for Somalia solution World grapples with pirate puzzle Why Somali pirates are hard to defeat |
 AFP |
Hong
Kong grain ship hijacked by Somali pirates
Reuters UK, UK - The raid came after a supertanker with a $100 million (66 million pound) cargo was seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean at the weekend, ...  Video:
Somali Pirates Strike Again
Hong Kong cargo ship hijacked off Yemen coast |
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Stocks to Watch stories
MarketWatch - ... (6) A huge Saudi Arabian Crude Oil Supertanker is helplessly under total control of Pirates docked in Somalia as is incicated by the articel excerpted ... |
 AFP |
Saudi
super-tanker taken to Somali pirate lair
AFP - MOGADISHU (AFP) A hijacked Saudi super-tanker, carrying 100 million dollars of oil, anchored Tuesday off a notorious Somali pirate port as sea gangs ... |
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Somali
pirates hit the jackpot with supertanker
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - The Islamists, who are close to the capital Mogadishu, say that if they take control they will stop piracy as they did during a brief, six-month rule of ... |
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Hijacked
Saudi oil tanker anchors off Somalia
Herald News Daily, ND - appendChild(div); } } })(); More on Oil & Gas AP Reuters Saudi super-tanker taken to Somali pirate lair AFP More... Video: Pirates Strike Again Video: Free ... Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew Owner of hijacked supertanker working to free crew Somali official vows to rescue hijacked ship  YHOO
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 BBC News |
South
Korea seeks navy support against Somali pirates
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - On Tuesday, a Saudi supertanker seized by Somalia pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship hijacking reached Somalia. ... Pirates flourish in lawless Somalia |
 Times Online |
Royal
Navy delivers captured Somali pirates to Kenya
guardian.co.uk, UK - The development comes as pirates continued to hold the 25-strong crew of the supertanker, Sirius Star, which was attacked on Saturday. ... Royal Navy hands over 8 Somali pirates |
 China Daily |
Oil
closes below $55 after fresh dip to 22-month low
MarketWatch - The fully loaded super tanker carrying about $100 million worth of crude marked the boldest action ever by Somali pirates. Also on Nymex Tuesday, ... Crude Oil Is Steady Amid Forecasts of Increased US Supplies |
 CTV.ca |
Shippers
avoid Suez due piracy, but no Cape stampede
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - The US navy said pirates had taken the Saudi Sirius Star supertanker -- taken at the weekend and laden with more than $100 millon worth of oil -- to ... Ships diverted after Saudi oil tanker hijacked by pirates off Africa |
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Gasoline
prices tumble in California, US
Los Angeles Times, CA - ... nearly three years on a day when even the hijacking of a Saudi oil supertanker by pirates couldn't keep crude oil from continuing its own steep descent. ... |
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MARKET
WATCH: Lower temperatures boost natural gas prices
Oil & Gas Journal, TX - In other news, Somalian pirates hijacked a supertanker, the 1080-ft Sirius Star owned and operated by Vela International Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of Saudi ... Crude Oil Falls On Lower Energy Demand Output cut fears, tanker hijack push oil to $58 a barrel |
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TV
Worldwide's Maritime TV Selected as Official Webcaster of ...
MarketWatch - The tanker is about three times the tonnage of a US aircraft carrier, making it the largest vessel ever seized by pirates. Somali pirates in speed boats, ... |
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CNN
Student News Transcript: November 19, 2008
CNN - In the wake of the hijacking of the Saudi supertanker, the US military is warning shipping companies to do more to protect themselves. ... |
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Hijacked
Tanker: Pirates In Talks
Sky News, UK - The US Navy described the taking of the 318000 deadweight tonnes ship as an "unprecedented attack". The supertanker, owned by a Dubai based company, ... |
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TOP
STORIES 11-18-2008: Senate Dems vote on Lieberman's future ...
Gather.com, MA - The Sirius Star, a Saudi oil supertanker that was hijacked by pirates on Saturday, is thought to have anchored off the coast of Somalia - a popular haven ... |
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Mullen:
Exit dates in Iraq deal not a problem
ArmyTimes.com, VA - Mullen said that the interception of pirates is not a question of having the authorities or rules of engagement the coalition has both, he said. ... |
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Pirates
capture more ships off Somalia
ABC Online, Australia - Heavily armed Somali pirates captured the super tanker the Sirius Star on Saturday, 830 kilometres off the Kenyan coast. According to the International ... |
 Reuters |
Oil
drops more than 3 pct on global recession fears
guardian.co.uk, UK - "Earlier news about the Saudi supertanker hijacking caused a pop in prices, but now demand considerations are taking hold again." Somali pirates captured a ... Oil Slick: Oil-Market Bears Speak ChineseOr Do They? Oil rises after supertanker hijacked Crude Oil Falls as Global Slowdown Cuts Demand in China, Japan |
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Somali
pirates seize Greek carrier -maritime group
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized another ship, a Greek bulk carrier, despite a large international naval presence in the waters ... |
 The Associated Press |
Somali
pirates hijack Saudi tanker loaded with oil
The Associated Press - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) In a dramatic escalation of high seas crime, Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude hundreds of ... |
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Top
oil exporters' ship plans unchanged after hijack
guardian.co.uk, UK - Somali pirates over the weekend hijacked a Saudi supertanker with a cargo of two million barrels of oil and the US navy said on Tuesday it was now anchored ... |
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Pirates
seize another ship in Gulf of Aden
Financial Times, UK - The latest example of piracy came as a Saudi supertanker, seized by pirates on Monday and laden with an estimated 2m barrels of oil, was confirmed to be ... |
 AFP |
Pirates
hijack Saudi tanker off African coast: US
AFP - DUBAI (AFP) Pirates have seized control of the Saudi-owned oil super tanker Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa and are taking it towards a Somali ... |
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Pirates
hijacking of oil tanker heightens shipping risks
Business Mirror, Philippines - The government is doing everything it can to try and protect the Filipino seamen from the Somali pirates. International wire reports said the supertanker ... Pinoy captives-at-sea reach 100 |
 BBC News |
Papers
ponder pirates' practices
BBC News, UK - Beneath a picture of the supertanker captured by Somali pirates, he says the last thing shipowners want to do is to change a monetary deal into a gunfight. ... |
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Somali
Pirates Seize Saudi Oil Tanker
조선일보(영문판), South Korea - The Saudi Arabian supertanker is the first large crude carrier to be captured by Somali pirates and the farthest out to sea so far. ... |
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| Page composed by Sterling
D. Allan Nov. 18, 2008 Last updated December 11, 2008 |
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