The Dread Dead Pirates

The Somali pirates finally had their pay day - $3mm for holding a Saudi tanker hostage for over 2 months. How's this for serendipity though - 5 of the pirates drowned in route of their escape WITH their cash. But I swear that the family of these pirates must be Democrats.

When learning of the death Abukar Haji, uncle of one of the dead men, blamed the naval surveillance for the accident that killed his pirate nephew yesterday. "The boat the pirates were traveling in capsized because it was running at high speed because the pirates were afraid of an attack from the warships patrolling around," Haji said. He said one of the bodies washed ashore, and four are missing.

The poor dread pirates - not their own fault that they were escaping on a high speed boat from a crime at high sea. Way to take accountability.

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