Sunday, January 11, 2009

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Somali-styleNYT: "The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving part of a ransom washed ashore with more than $150,000 in cash, a resident of Xarardheere, a coastal town, said Sunday. Five pirates drowned Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3 million ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker."

1 comment:

The Sanity Inspector said...

That's a story with a positiviely Aesopian moral.