Comments on: The Return Of The Pirates http://themoderatevoice.com/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:14:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave_Schuler http://themoderatevoice.com/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-164807 Dave_Schuler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:25:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/#comment-164807 If anyone is wondering why we're interested in what goes on in the Gulf of Aden, insurance rates for ships passing through the Gulf on their way to the Suez Canal have increased ten-fold recently and are likely to rise farther. The alternative is adding four or five weeks to the trip and going around the Cape of Good Hope (at $30,000 a day).<br><br>That Saudi tanker was headed for the U. S. The costs of development and pumping oil out of the ground aren't the only things that go into making up the price of oil. If anyone is wondering why we're interested in what goes on in the Gulf of Aden, insurance rates for ships passing through the Gulf on their way to the Suez Canal have increased ten-fold recently and are likely to rise farther. The alternative is adding four or five weeks to the trip and going around the Cape of Good Hope (at $30,000 a day).

That Saudi tanker was headed for the U. S. The costs of development and pumping oil out of the ground aren't the only things that go into making up the price of oil.

]]> By: RememberNovember http://themoderatevoice.com/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-164736 RememberNovember Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:08:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/#comment-164736 DLS- <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com">www.tinyurl.com</a> is your friend. DLS- http://www.tinyurl.com is your friend.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-164732 DLS Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:32:52 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/#comment-164732 Here, people. This is just for 2008, to date.<br><br><a href="http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=visualization&controller=visualization.googlemap&Itemid=89&phpMyAdmin=F5XY3CeBeymbElbQ8jr4qlxK1J3">http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php?option=com_fab...</a> Here, people. This is just for 2008, to date.

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]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-164731 DLS Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:29:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24468/the-return-of-the-pirates/#comment-164731 ??? There is no "return." They've been constantly known (if ignored by the media, of all kinds) in particular since the era of the Vietnamese Boat People and ever since -- in the Strait of Malacca most of all, but also in the Indian Ocean, off Colombia, in the Caribbean (no, not the teevee and cinema kind), and off Africa as well (not only the Horn but, for example, off the Nigerian coast and West African coast). This is no suddenly "new" story (much less befitting of Hollywood humor). ??? There is no “return.” They've been constantly known (if ignored by the media, of all kinds) in particular since the era of the Vietnamese Boat People and ever since — in the Strait of Malacca most of all, but also in the Indian Ocean, off Colombia, in the Caribbean (no, not the teevee and cinema kind), and off Africa as well (not only the Horn but, for example, off the Nigerian coast and West African coast). This is no suddenly “new” story (much less befitting of Hollywood humor).

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