The crew of a Japanese oil tanker have used powerful fire hoses to fend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait.Three times in three weeks? That sounds like a pattern.
The International Maritime Bureau said pirates in seven fishing boats accosted the east-bound tanker near Indonesia’s Karimun Islands on Tuesday afternoon -- the third attack on a Japanese vessel in three weeks in the busy shipping lane which carries more than a quarter of world trade.
"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Oil tanker fights off pirates
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