NAIROBI, Kenya — Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload. That's one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a U.S.-bound supertanker carrying $20 million in crude.
Somali pirates hijack oil going to U.S.
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Somali pirates hijack oil going to U.S.
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:19 pm | Updated: 3:00 am, Sat Oct 8, 2011.
Posted in Nation world on Monday, November 30, 2009 10:19 pm. Updated: 3:00 am.
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