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News & Current Events Apr 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM

Somalia piracy: Hijackers seize oil tanker and take 17 crew hostage

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Somalia piracy: Hijackers seize oil tanker and take 17 crew hostage
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Somalia piracy: Hijackers seize oil tanker and take 17 crew hostage
Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.
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npc_housecat Apr 24, 2026 +316
They know where the money is right now
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SpiderSlitScrotums Apr 24, 2026 +107
And they know where the world’s navies are tied up.
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LackOfMachinations Apr 24, 2026 +40
Oh there's always more navy.
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Tweezot Apr 24, 2026 +13
You mean the most powerful navies in the world have VBSS teams with dozens of support vessels right nearby. Seems like a bad idea. Maybe we’ll get a movie about it.
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Queasy_Local_7199 Apr 24, 2026 +3
You mean USAs Navy?
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50_61S-----165_97E Apr 24, 2026 +180
We are so back
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Peripatetictyl Apr 24, 2026 +79
Look at me: I am the captain, again, now.
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AccomplishedDesk8283 Apr 24, 2026 +98
Somalian pirates weeeeeee
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Fit_Context_6064 Apr 24, 2026 +105
everyone is doing it, they might as well join in and profit.
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PleasantWay7 Apr 24, 2026 +63
I haven’t seized an oil tanker, am I doing life wrong?
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Fit_Context_6064 Apr 24, 2026 +29
You just need a ship, a gang and some weapons.
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actuallyapossom Apr 24, 2026 +7
Well dang. I guess I'll sit this one out. I've got a gang, but it's more like the scooby doo version, not the west side story version.
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DaemonPrimarchJ Apr 25, 2026 +2
Oh you should get a van and solve mysteries!
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Spicy_pewpew_memes Apr 24, 2026 +4
No even that, you can actually join a pirate kickstarter and invest in one. Invest in STF today!
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Dingcock Apr 25, 2026 +1
The hard part is getting away with it and keeping the money after. Maybe convert to crypto and steal an identity I guess.
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Automobills Apr 24, 2026 +7
According to the New York Times best seller, *If You Haven't Seized an Oil Tanker, You're Doing Life Wrong*, yes.
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ProxyDamage Apr 24, 2026 +3
Sorry. If you haven't seized an oil tanker by 23 you have failed at life.
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OutrageousRhubarb853 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Buy my online course: What pirating an oil tanker taught me about to B2B sales
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Potates42 Apr 24, 2026 +1
No better time than the present matey.
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RammRras Apr 24, 2026 +1
We are such a bunch of losers
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BitsOfReality Apr 24, 2026 +2
They were doing it before it was cool.
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candyhunterz Apr 24, 2026 +29
Just in time for Blackflag remaster
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TheEagleWithNoName Apr 25, 2026 +9
Welcome Back 2009.
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irealllylovepenguins Apr 24, 2026 +45
...but you *have* heard of them!
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National-Charity-435 Apr 24, 2026 +7
Savvy?
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ptigga Apr 24, 2026 +9
The curse of the Black Gold.
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Botucal Apr 24, 2026 +22
"Pirates are in this year???"
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evenmorebetter Apr 24, 2026 +9
Your bf is about to be F'd in the B!!
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GarnetOblivion1 Apr 24, 2026 +23
Did they say the line to the captain?
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northernCRICKET Apr 24, 2026 +24
Parlay?
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Bondorian Apr 24, 2026 +9
Damn to the depths whatever muttonhead thought up parley!
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DaLurker87 Apr 24, 2026 +11
I'm the captain now
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fantasmoofrcc Apr 25, 2026 +2
Look at this guy here!
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TIMELESS_COLD Apr 24, 2026 +14
Going off the thumbnail, are they Tuskan Raiders?
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egamma Apr 24, 2026 +9
They travel in single file to hide their numbers.
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Ok-Professor-Star Apr 24, 2026 +6
It's just, I never heard of them hit anything this big before.
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manefa Apr 25, 2026 +5
We’re so back
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firecall Apr 25, 2026 +4
I thought this show had been cancelled? Well, great to see the original cast back.
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Mugling95 Apr 25, 2026 +10
It’s 2026 and we’re still letting oil tankers get captured by a handful of drugged-up low-IQ ‘pirates’ in a dinghy. With how much money there is in oil, just post a proper armed security detachment on the ships going through that area ffs. Even just a couple of guys with guns has a massive advantage from a vantage point high up on an oil tanker
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Rippthrough Apr 25, 2026 +3
Not worth the wages vs an insurance payout.
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mothtoalamp Apr 25, 2026 +1
Eventually some FPVs stationed on the deck will be able to do the work of several men with guns. Security budgets will only require one trained person.
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Flat-Emergency4891 Apr 24, 2026 +11
That’s a big deal. If hardly any ships are passing the Straight of Hormuz, and ships start getting stolen or fired upon in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden or the Bab El Mandeb straight, it’s good bye to the world economy and Hello global famine and economic depression. We’re on the brink of a major escalation.
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LeadWithLogic Apr 24, 2026 +7
Nice to see pirates operating on the same level as the President.
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fartonisto Apr 24, 2026 +2
That’s Captain President to you matey. 
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Martha_Fockers Apr 24, 2026 +6
hEEEEEEESSS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Yo, ho. Haul together. Hoist the colours high. Heave ho. Thieves and beggars. Never shall we die
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Flat-Emergency4891 Apr 24, 2026 +5
If I were to be a pirate, I would fully embrace the role. I’m talking an eye patch, a prosthetic hook for a hand, and a parrot on my shoulder. I would be nice to my captives and I think they would find it amusing to be captured by a true-to-life, Pirates of the Caribbean-looking pirate in 2026.
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Gentrified_potato02 Apr 24, 2026 +5
That image comes from Long John Silver (Adventure Island) who was based on the real life Edward Teach aka Blackbeard. Read up about the real guy, he was a total badass
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resnus Apr 25, 2026 +2
Perhaps Trump should enlist them to enforce the blockade.
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Sufficient-Ring-4054 Apr 24, 2026 -1
When it's Somalis it's piracy
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fec2245 Apr 24, 2026 +40
When it meets the definition of piracy it's piracy
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Deditch Apr 24, 2026 -7
no clearly it's a blockade
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Prestigious_Face7727 Apr 25, 2026 -2
"hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it." So USA & Iran, for example.
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Unicornoftheseas Apr 24, 2026 +19
When it’s not a government then it’s piracy
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Potates42 Apr 24, 2026 -1
Good job America, you brought Somalian pirates back. You're doing great. 👍
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[deleted] Apr 25, 2026 +1
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Aggressive_Manner531 Apr 25, 2026 +1
They should be allowed to be armed.
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db2999 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Who supplies them with weapons?
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Tribaal Apr 25, 2026 +1
I think small arms and speedboats are in no short supply anywhere in the world, sadly.
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Mac62961 Apr 25, 2026 +1
I mean Piracy is SOOO hot right now. And the us navy is doing er ..something around the middle east not sure what but something, dammit
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Evatelypapri Apr 25, 2026 +1
Getting some piece of the pie
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Traditional-Look8839 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Does this mean we’re getting a sequel to Captain Phillips?
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Friendly_Soil6617 Apr 25, 2026 +1
look at me. I’m the captain now.
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sovietarmyfan Apr 25, 2026 +1
We drink and we pillage and we do what we please
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razpor Apr 25, 2026 +1
The times of piracy are back
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snakeysnake_sss Apr 25, 2026 +1
What is this 2010?
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isthereadrwho Apr 24, 2026
Oh it's on now, you know the US Navy is going to want to beat that record
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Martin-downunder Apr 25, 2026 +1
Maybe the US should employ them in the Gulf as they seem to be better at stopping ships than the US Navy
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Swineservant Apr 25, 2026 +1
If the crew of the oil tanker killed the pirates and just kicked the bodies overboard, where is the loss and who would ever know/care? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Humans have become weak, domesticated creatures of the rich...
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Sulimonstrum Apr 25, 2026 +1
> Humans have become weak, domesticated creatures of the rich... As opposed to rising up against an armed invader in defense of the property of the rich? Nobody on an oil tanker is making bank, it's generally ~20 Filipino dudes and 1 western-ish captain that just want to get paid at the end of the day. The crew just waiting until the company pays up is generally the smarter move. But you do you, go sign up at your local merchant marine and live your 17th century age of sail dreams or whatever.
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Different_Victory_89 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Yo-Ho-Ho!
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descendingangel87 Apr 24, 2026 +1
The great pirate era has begun!
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NotMyName_3 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Who had this on their 2026 Bingo card?
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Archie204 Apr 24, 2026
Zehahahaha
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TrueSpitfire Apr 24, 2026 -1
When you move your entire fleet to another location you kind of leave some vulnerabilities lol
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faffc260 Apr 25, 2026 +3
they're literally right next door. a destroyer could be there in a day.
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owen__wilsons__nose Apr 24, 2026
So this was the inspo for the new Ubisoft game?
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brokeboipobre Apr 25, 2026 +1
Assassin’s Creed Pirates of Somalia
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Ron__Mexico_ Apr 25, 2026
US should just issue letters of marque, and let the Somalians enforce the blockade.
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eye_of_the_sloth Apr 25, 2026
Dudda dun dun Dudda dun dun Dudda dun dun Duddaduda 
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karmakramer93 Apr 25, 2026
They're pissed. They want Johnny Somali released right away
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holyoak Apr 24, 2026 -2
But did they say a prayer to Pulp Fiction first?
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FunctionalGray Apr 24, 2026 -2
Whelp. It was on my bingo card for 2026. Yay! When is hurricane season? Asking…for a friend.
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