Sunday, August 16, 2009

the arctic sea, WTF?

so let me get this straight: a ship sets sail from finland to algeria. it's attacked by a bunch of masked men in the baltic sea, off the coast of sweden. the assailants board the ship, beat of the crew and look for drugs. they don't find any and eventually speed away. the crew continues on its journey, but, just after it leaves the english channel, disappears and is now apparently being held for ransom by pirates working in the north atlantic.

the whole story just doesn't add up. what are the chances of it being subject to a freak attack by drug seeking bandits near sweden and being hijacked by pirates operating in the north atlanic? for that matter, when was the last time there were pirates hijacking ships in the north atlantic?

the finns are already denying the ship was carrying nuclear material, which just raises a host of other WTF-like questions.