Pirate video: Danes, Filipinos plead for release

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: Kansas City Star

A maritime industry group posted videos Tuesday on YouTube showing two Danes and four Filipinos held hostage by Somali pirates pleading for the Danish government and the ship's owner to help win their freedom.

Pirates seek millions of dollars to release the ships and crews they hijack off the coast of East Africa. The pirates have made such hostage videos before, but rarely, if ever, havee the videos been posted on YouTube.

One of the Danish crew members, Soeren Lyngbjoern, is seen asking for the government and company to help free the crew members, who were captured Jan. 12. A pirate holding the camera asks questions while three masked men holding weapons stand in the background.

Lyngbjoern said the crew members are often afraid, and that he is suffering from health problems. An imprint on the video indicates it was shot last Thursday, though The Associated Press could not independently authenticate the tape or when it was shot.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/19/3022410/pirate-video-danes-filipinos-plead.html

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Video here.
http://tinyurl.com/3f3j854

[PavePusher]

1. It's time to arm cargo ships.

And any nation that objects, and does not provide an armed escort, can fuck off and have the cargo load dumped in their main harbor channels.