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Somali Pirates Demand $25 Million from Saudis

HeadlineNov 20, 2008

The Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil supertanker are demanding $25 million for the ship’s return. Mohammed Said said, “The Saudis have ten days to comply, otherwise we will take action that could be disastrous.” The supertanker was loaded to capacity with two million barrels of oil when it was seized along with twenty-five crew members. On Wednesday, Somalia’s prime minister Nur Hassan Hussein said Somalia does not have the ability to stop the piracy off its coast and needs more help from the international community.

Nur Hassan Hussein: “These piracy problems are not limited only within Somalia, but it is affecting the whole region. It is affecting, globally, the world, and we see that the Transitional Federal Government doesn’t have enough capacity to combat and eradicate this piracy, which is becoming a concern, a common concern for all the world.”

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