Somali Pirates Too Funny!

Annie

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Well they have proven effective at taking possession of ships and crews, but collecting their ransoms? Not so much:

Pictured: The moment a $3million ransom was parachuted to Somali pirates | Mail Online

Pictured: The moment a $3million ransom was parachuted to Somali pirates

By David Gardner
Last updated at 11:53 PM on 09th January 2009

This is the dramatic moment a ransom of $3million was paid to Somali pirates to end the world's biggest ship hijacking.

The canister full of cash was parachuted onto the Sirius Star - observed by the U.S. Navy who provided these images - and the two-month ordeal of the 25 crew, including two Britons, was finally over.

However things went badly wrong for the pirates soon after the drop - they squabbled over how to split the money and then a wave washed off their getaway boat and drowned five of them...
 

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