Comments on: Somali Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/news/somali-pirates-hijack-saudi-oil-tanker/ Information About the Laws of the High Seas in the US Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:10:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dustin http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/news/somali-pirates-hijack-saudi-oil-tanker/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Dustin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:37:19 +0000 http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/?p=53#comment-72 I didn't even know pirates still existed. I hear they don't look like real pirates, but instead like military combatants. I didn’t even know pirates still existed. I hear they don’t look like real pirates, but instead like military combatants.

]]> By: John Towler http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/news/somali-pirates-hijack-saudi-oil-tanker/comment-page-1/#comment-71 John Towler Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.usmaritimelaw.org/?p=53#comment-71 Linked to this page through the CNN site. The CNN article quotes the Navy as saying: "Campbell said the Navy does not expect to dispatch a vessel to aide the super tanker because it does not have dangerous weapons aboard like the MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized by pirates on September 25." I think a supertanker with 2 million gallons of oil is, by definition, a dangerous weapon. Linked to this page through the CNN site. The CNN article quotes the Navy as saying:

“Campbell said the Navy does not expect to dispatch a vessel to aide the super tanker because it does not have dangerous weapons aboard like the MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized by pirates on September 25.”

I think a supertanker with 2 million gallons of oil is, by definition, a dangerous weapon.

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