Posted on 08/20/2009 8:26:23 AM PDT by Kartographer
Russian authorities flew the suspected hijackers of the cargo vessel Arctic Sea to Moscow on Thursday and took off them for interrogation, dismissing suggestions that the ship may have been carrying weapons.
The Russian Navy tracked the ship into the Atlantic after what Moscow has termed an act of piracy and boarded it off the Cape Verde islands in the early hours of Monday, freeing the 15 Russian crewmen.
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Spetznaz? ... The drugs in those hijacker’s systems by the time the Russkies walked them off the plane ... they probably thought they were on Mars in the middle of Total Recall.
Arctic Sea hijackers questioned are having s**t beaten out of them in Russian jail
They will have special manicures and testicle work.
I bet that they are taking good care of them taking them, even going as far as taking them water boarding. SURFS UP! “queue Ventures music”
And I thought MY day wasn’t going well....
I’ll bet they used the comfy pillows!
I pray they don’t put undies on their heads!
Yes I am sure they ran that by McQueeg before the questioning started\s They want answers and will get answers.
If only they had been al kaida and taken an American ship! Aunt Nancy would have them on the beach or a golf course in Bahamas! That will teach them always cruise AMERICA!
Think they will run some half nake women pass their cells? The HORROR!!!
“Lubyanka” is not the Russian word for “theme park.”
:)
They are not in a Russian jail. They probably are back home watching the news of their successful mission.
Think they will cover this on “Locked Up Abroad?”
Rights?
More like failed payment for the “timber”.
Mikhail Voitenko, editor of Russia’s Sovfracht maritime bulletin, said the ship, carrying about £1 million-worth of sawn timber from Finland to Algeria, might have been targeted because it was also loaded with an unknown cargo.
He told the Russia Today news channel: “The only sensible answer is that the vessel was loaded secretly with something we don’t know anything about. We have to remember that before loading in Finland the vessel stayed for two weeks in a shipyard in Kaliningrad. I’m sure it cannot be drugs or illegal criminal cargo. I think it is something much more expensive and dangerous.”
Russia has had ship hijacked off Somalia and they wind up paying the ransom. This one they send in the special forces. Something isn’t right about the cargo.
This is one of those headlines that creates such a warm, fuzzy feeling.
I’d love to see how the Russians would deal with Somalian pirates.
Old Soviet Joke:
Archeologists found an unknown tomb in Egypt. However, they couldn’t determine who the mummy was.
They sent the mummy to the US, Britain, and France, but no one could ID it.
Finally, in despiration, the sent the mummy to Moscow.
Three days later a full report was received explaining who the mummy was and including an extensive biography.
In astonishment, the archeologists called Moscow asking how the Soviets were able to find out so much.
ANSWER - “The mummy talked!”
As long as they aren’t used underwear...it’s alright!
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