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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (202)

This week's joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of the Associated Press (from Saturday, January 10; link good at time of posting):

Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.

. . . .

The drowned pirates' boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved.

. . . .

Abukar Haji, uncle of one of the dead pirates, blamed the naval surveillance for the accident that killed his pirate nephew Saturday.

"The boat the pirates were traveling in capsized because it was running at high speed because the pirates were afraid of an attack from the warships patrolling around," he said.

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).