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Utah Bob 06-02-2009 07:54

Sticky Fingers? $30,000 in Somali Pirate loot missing.
 
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WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy investigators are probing what happened to $30,000 that was involved in the rescue of a U.S. ship captain from Somali pirates, a source says.

Citing an unnamed Pentagon source, CNN reported Tuesday that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is questioning military personnel who took part in the April rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama, which had been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

The cargo ship's crew is also being questioned in the apparent theft, CNN said.

A criminal complaint reportedly says the pirates forced Phillips at one point during the siege to take $30,000 in cash from the ship's safe, which Abduwali Muse, the only surviving member of the pirate crew, allegedly distributed to his three co-hijackers.

After the three were killed and Muse captured, no money was listed by Navy SEALs among the items recovered from the incident, the U.S. broadcaster said.
Source Here

Dozer523 06-02-2009 14:50

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Originally Posted by Utah Bob (Post 267710)
Source Here

. . . what happened to $30,000 . . . Bullets cost $10,000 a piece.

echoes 06-02-2009 15:19

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Originally Posted by Utah Bob (Post 267710)
U.S. Navy investigators are probing what happened to $30,000 that was involved in the rescue of a U.S. ship captain from Somali pirates, a source says.

My questions, and I am NOT a U.S. Navy investigator, would be, "Have we neutrilized the threat?" Or maybe, "Has 'the pirate in custody talked about future ops?"

This seems like an Agenda...could be wrong, but.....hmmm.:munchin

Holly

Utah Bob 06-02-2009 18:41

I expect Maersk is asking questions so they have to look into it. I hope nobody did anything stupid.


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