Somali pirates seize Saudi oil tanker
Published by Avi Green on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 10:15 AM.
Muslim vs. Muslim, and in an area not many might expect such a thing to happen either. From the Financial Times (via Hot Air):
Pirates operating off the coast of east Africa have hijacked a Saudi supertanker fully laden with an estimated 2m barrels of oil in an attack that marks a significant escalation in the scope of banditry in the region.Will the terrorists hold the ship for ransom, or, will they use the oil as a weapon for more terrorism?
The pirates, believed to be from lawless Somalia, seized control of the Sirius Star, which is owned by Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, on Saturday, 450 nautical miles south-east of the Kenyan Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
It is estimated that the tanker was holding more than a quarter of the daily exports from Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter. The oil would have been worth about $100m (€79m, £66.5m) at Monday’s market price but is probably of little interest to the pirates.
Labels: House of Saud, islam, jihad, Somalia
