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Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Bunch of Guys
Only the MSM would be able to report the "mysterious disappearance" of pirates "released" by the Russian navy with such credulity. Nobody chatters quite as much as a sailor, so I'm pretty sure the bit about them all getting bundled onto a boat and cut loose is true. I'm also thinking that boat probably got help sinking in the form of a hole (explosively or otherwise created). Meh. They knew the risks. Actually, I'm wagering one of the reasons the pirates are so active is precisely because they're being handled with kid gloves most of the time.
They didn't need to put a hole in the boat. 500km at sea, everything looks exactly the same in every direction from horizon to horizon, and with no food or fresh water, well... one or two of them might actually still be barely alive, but not much longer, and the chances of anyone even finding them before they die are pretty much nil.
When a boat with a skeleton (maybe two) in it mysteriously drifts up to an African shore in a few months, at least we'll know where it came from.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on May 12, 2010 09:19 AMThe KGB used to release prisoners from KGB headquarters all the time. It was called the "Andropoff" method. "Take him up to the roof, Andropoff."
Posted by: Bob Hawkins on May 12, 2010 09:57 AM