i've been worrying about this for at least a week

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Notwithstanding the outrage over F. William Engdahl daring to suggest such a thing, this is a real possibility. I'm not getting over having been duped by the so-called Orange Revolution in Ukraine. It reminds me of when my horse kicked me in the head. She was trying to kick another horse, but got me instead, and for many years after my stomach would start trying to trade places with my liver every time I was in a corral with a loose horse. No, just because you've been kicked in the head five or six times by color and flower revolutions doesn't mean every one of them has been incited by our covert ops, but we do have to keep asking that goddam question we learned was key when we got kicked in the head in 2001. I might not have even mentioned this, because I truly am in visceral solidarity with the Egyptians and Tunisians and Yemenis and all those rising up around the world, except for my reaction to seeing ElBaradei's name keep popping up in news accounts of the Egyptian uprising.

We have been hearing about him for Mubarak's post ever since he left the IAEA. Just like we kept hearing Hillary's name for president since the day after Clinton left office. She was going to be president until they realized a black president would be even harder to dis whilst bringing hardcore fascism down around us. You know that's so. THE MEDIA ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS. Their function is to keep us in a specially-crafted consensus trance, they didn't change their tune about Hillary until their bosses decided on Obama, and then we got a veritable cosmic symphony of celebration of Martin's Dream while the McCain/Palin circus kept the bubbas busy... so we DO need to be suspicious as hell right now.

The United States DOES have armies of black ops in every country of strategic interest. That's been shown over and over and over. JSOC has been busily hiring since the advent of Genghis Ponzi Yoo's administration, so think. Find links. Pray The Guardian starts hitting the Cairo cables hard... or at least one of the sites trying to help wade through them.

... and ... just as I was about to mention my worry about whether we should not now suspect Anonymous too, I see THIS... which has made me more suspicious. Mindfuckers Rule the World. We need our own global news operation. We couldn't get it, no matter what, because they would infiltrate it and coöpt it. This. Is. NO. Fun.

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love, 99
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no, no, GOD rides a harley

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Doesn't everybody know that? Those silly Russians.

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bit of a dust-up in the ukraine parliament

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Seems the pro-fascists are angry at the anti-fascists in power. Never mind that the pro-fascists who took power in one of our covert ops color revolutions brought Ukraine to its knees, and were soundly trounced by the anti-fascists in the recent elections, they're not done fighting, not above turning parliament into a circus for the world media.
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I'm thinking I'm just about to write something to turn into its own page for this blog, and am not much moved by the news today, so I don't know how many posts I will be doing until probably much later tonight... not sure... but I want to reiterate that the slide show presentation linked directly below was FASCINATING. I really enjoyed it. It's 45 minutes long and worth your time to see some really cool stuff.

I was mad that I didn't get some kind of summation of the research to date on Atlantis, but I guess I'll have to keep looking for something not too obviously wuwu for that.

Anyway, maybe something semi-new will be issuing forth here pretty soon.
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oh, good, we opted for passive aggression over orange this time

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That's a relief.
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russian news is definitely more informative than ours

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Iran Six weighs new sanctions against Tehran over dialogue

Iran Six mediators are discussing the transition from talks to new sanctions in response to Iran's refusal to fold its controversial nuclear program, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday.

Iran, which is already under three sets of United Nations sanctions for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, recently announced plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities. Western powers suspect it of pursuing an atomic weapons program.

"At present, we are considering the possibility of a transition from dialogue to sanctions because we have always had two parallel ways [to solve this problem]," U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle said in an interview with Echo Moskvy radio.

"The hope is always there that Iran could finally respond positively on IAEA proposals, but if not, we have to be prepared for something more serious [than talks]," Beryrle said.

The U.S. diplomat also praised the changes in the Russian stance on the Iranian nuclear problem, which have recently moved Moscow closer to Washington's assessment of the potential Iranian threat.

"Tactically, I would say we are closer than ever before," he said, adding that neither Russia nor the United States wanted to see a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

The Iran Six are Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany.

The mediators have long been trying to persuade Tehran to halt uranium enrichment not only through sanctions but also in exchange for economic and diplomatic incentives.

Iran Six envoys last met in New York on January 16 but decided against immediate sanctions against Tehran in the hope to find new political and diplomatic solutions to the problem.

Although Russia is seen as having moved closer to the U.S. position, China is still viewed as stalling on any move toward further sanctions.

MOSCOW, January 20 (RIA Novosti)

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Poland to move U.S. Patriots closer to Russian border

U.S. Patriot missiles will be stationed in northern Poland about 60 miles (100 km) from the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad rather than near Warsaw, the Polish defense minister said on Wednesday.

Polish Radio cited Bogdan Klich as saying the decision to set up a Patriot site in the outskirts of the town of Morag, which is much closer to the Russian border than Warsaw, does not bear any considerations of a strategic nature.

"In Morag we could offer the best conditions for American soldiers and the best technical base for the equipment," Klich said.

Poland and the United States signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) last December laying out the conditions for the deployment of U.S. troops on Polish soil.

According to the SOFA, U.S. troops will service Patriot missiles that are to be integrated into Poland's national security system.

The Patriot unit will be manned by some 100 U.S. soldiers, and will comprise up to eight missile launchers.

The first U.S. troop rotation is expected to arrive in Poland by the end of March.

Russia has strongly opposed the previous U.S. administration's plans to place 10 long-range ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a fixed-site radar station in the Czech Republic. When agreeing to host the missile site, Warsaw demanded the Patriots' deployment to improve its defensive capabilities.

Moscow's opposition to the missile defense system went as far as a threat to deploy Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad exclave, but last September U.S. President Barack Obama shelved the proposed Central European missile shield and Russia said it would not place its missiles near the Polish border.

However, Warsaw has insisted that the Patriot systems be placed in Poland under a bilateral security pact regardless of whether plans for a U.S. interceptor missile base in the country go ahead or not.

Russia has not yet commented on the Polish decision to move the location of the Patriot site closer to its borders.

Patriot (MIM-104) is a theater air-defense system designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.

As well as the U.S., the Patriot is in service in Egypt, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Patriot missile systems were successfully deployed by U.S. forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

WARSAW, January 20 (RIA Novosti)

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Poland says basing Patriot missiles nearer Russia not political

Poland's decision to deploy a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles just 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Russian border is neither political nor strategic, the Polish defense minister said Wednesday.

Bogdan Klich stressed that the base's proximity to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad had nothing to do with the decision to station the missiles near the town of Morag rather than outside Warsaw.

"It did not have any significance — neither political nor strategic. The only reason was the good infrastructure," Klich told journalists on Wednesday evening.

Polish media reported earlier Wednesday that Defense Ministry experts came to the conclusion that Morag was the best place for the deployment of the Patriot missiles.

"In Morag we could offer the best conditions for American soldiers and the best technical base for the equipment," Klich said on Polish Radio.

Poland and the United States signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) last December laying out the conditions for the deployment of U.S. troops on Polish soil.

According to the SOFA, U.S. troops will service Patriot missiles that are to be integrated into Poland's national security system.

The Patriot unit will be manned by some 100 U.S. soldiers, and will comprise up to eight missile launchers.

The first U.S. troop rotation is expected to arrive in Poland by the end of March.

Russia has strongly opposed the previous U.S. administration's plans to place 10 long-range ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a fixed-site radar station in the Czech Republic. When agreeing to host the missile site, Warsaw demanded the Patriots' deployment to improve its defensive capabilities.

Moscow's opposition to the missile defense system went as far as a threat to deploy Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad exclave, but last September U.S. President Barack Obama shelved the proposed Central European missile shield and Russia said it would not place its missiles near the Polish border.

However, Warsaw has insisted that the Patriot systems be placed in Poland under a bilateral security pact regardless of whether plans for a U.S. interceptor missile base in the country go ahead or not.

Russia has not yet commented on the Polish decision to move the location of the Patriot site closer to its borders.

Patriot (MIM-104) is a theater air-defense system designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.

As well as the U.S., the Patriot is in service in Egypt, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Patriot missile systems were successfully deployed by U.S. forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

WARSAW, January 21 (RIA Novosti)

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Yanukovych rejects debate, says Tymoshenko can show off in kitchen

Ukrainian presidential frontrunner Viktor Yanukovych refused on Wednesday to hold debates with his opponent, saying Yulia Tymoshenko should either take responsibility for every word as prime minister, or go to the kitchen.

"She sees that she has already lost the election and is suggesting I should enter a competition on dirt and lies with her," the leader of the opposition Party of Regions said, quoted by the Unian news agency.

"She is prime minister and must be responsible for her every word. And if she is to be treated as a woman, let her demonstrate her whims in the kitchen," Yanukovych said.

Yanukovych said he has held debates with Tymoshenko for the past five years, and voters showed their preferences in the election's first round on Sunday.

Yanukovych, defeated in the 2004 polls amid vote rigging accusations, garnered 35.3% of the vote on Sunday, while Tymoshenko received 25%. The February 7 runoff is required as none of the candidates won an outright victory with more than 50%.

Tymoshenko criticized Yanukovych for his refusal to take part in televised debates ahead of the initial vote, calling it "common cowardice" and casting doubt on his mental abilities and capability to run the country.

Both Yanukovych, who was openly backed by Moscow in 2004, and Tymoshenko, who has worked with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resolve the bitter gas disputes of the past year, have pledged to improve ties with Russia. Neither of them took part in televised debates ahead of the first round.

KIEV, January 20 (RIA Novosti)

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Ukraine may join NATO Response Force in 2015-16

Ukraine has been invited to join the NATO Response Force as a partner country in 2015-16, a spokesman for the NATO military committee said Wednesday.

Colonel Massimo Panizzi said Ukraine would become "the first non-NATO country to join the Response Force."

The Response Force consists of rapid deployment forces with land, air and sea components, capable of swiftly reacting to crisis situations.

Panizzi added that the matter would be discussed at a meeting of Ukrainian and NATO chiefs of staff on January 26 in Brussels.

He described the move as "a significant step forward in the implementation of military reform" that NATO is expecting from Kiev "on its way" toward NATO candidate status.

Asked whether other NATO partners could join the Response Force, Panizzi said: "All partners are invited to cooperate within the framework of the process."

Ukraine was one of the first NATO partner countries to offer to play a role in the NATO Response Force.

The country's pro-Western leadership has been pursuing NATO membership since 2004, when President Viktor Yushchenko came to power.

Ukraine failed to secure membership in the NATO Membership Action Plan, a key step toward joining the alliance, at a NATO summit in April 2008.

Russia vehemently opposes the post-Soviet country's NATO ambitions, and in February 2008 the Kremlin threatened to retarget missiles at Ukraine if it joined NATO.

The NATO Response Force is capable of performing missions worldwide across the whole spectrum of operations, including evacuations, disaster management, counterterrorism, and acting as 'an initial entry force' for larger, follow-on forces.

Russia is creating a similar force with its partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

BRUSSELS, January 20 (RIA Novosti)

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Looks as though both Russia and China are still protecting Iran, and Russia is trying to sound less like it while trying to discourage the resumption of our bullshit missile bases thing, but Poland is moving one of our chess pieces for us anyway. I wonder what color we're going to assign our election rigging in Ukraine this time... or if we're just going to hope the carrot of NATO membership, despite all, will be tempting enough in light of Ukraine's desire to continue not paying for Russia's gas.... I mean, do they think the threat of losing them to NATO will prevent Russia moving their pipeline somewhere less subject to their thefts, or what?

propaganda tangling badly

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Maybe the Russians are trying to make something politically convenient out of this, or maybe al Jazeera's trying to keep this from getting out of hand too quickly, or maybe cargo flights just regularly have so many conflicting nationalities in flight manifests and crews and destinations....
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someone in georgia finally using his head

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Now if we can get someone in the Ukraine on it, too, we might really start getting somewhere.

well... or... maybe....

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it feels like broadway

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So much stupidity and rapacity and confusion, it truly is as though there is cabal of "producers" putting on this grand scale play, the chaos out of which their next production will spring. If the Czechs aren't in financial trouble and have just lost confidence by a jot in their righty Prime Minister, why is unrest feared there? Don't they just vote someone else in? I don't get why this is a concern for the EU. I don't know why they lumped the Czechs in the same piece with these:

On the brink: The sick men of Europe

Latvia
A few months ago, it was the EU's fastest growing economy, with growth of nearly 11 per cent. Now Latvia faces economic ruin. In February the government collapsed following violent demonstrations in the capital Riga in protest at the government's handling of the crisis and steep IMF-imposed cutbacks. Farmers have blockaded the capital in protest at plummeting incomes, while unemployment has risen to 10.4 per cent, more than double what it was a year ago.

Hungary
Premier Ferenc Gyurcsany resigned last weekend amid efforts to impose austerity cutbacks demanded by the IMF. Hungary was the first EU member to seek an IMF bailout to stave off economic collapse. The Hungarian economy is expected to contract by as much as 3.5 per cent this year. Public sector unrest over tax and pension reforms is at boiling point and social tensions have risen with "Gypsies" blamed by nationalist groups for a crime wave linked to the worsening economic conditions.

Ukraine
Demonstrations occur almost daily as the country teeters on the brink of collapse. Economic output has plummeted and Russia continues to meddle in its energy industry. Despite this, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Julia Tymoshenko are still locked in a power struggle that has paralysed Ukrainian politics since the 2004 Orange Revolution. Now the IMF has postponed payment of the second tranche of a $16.4bn loan due to their failure to agree on a budget.

The next production isn't going to look like this one did.

too pro-american for their taste

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And mine.

where we can stick our missiles

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russia is NOT the bad guy in this!

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It's the United States through our Ukrainian puppets. Period. Plain as the nose on your face.

listen very carefully

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There's a shitload of information in this, and we have to remember it while they try to pickle our brains....

putin nearly blows a gasket over this ukraine gas bullshit

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He seems to be very carefully mapping it all out for the press, manfully sticking to the story, but as he goes along he definitely becomes increasingly unable to conceal his ire. I don't blame him. This shit is too infantile to be borne. I don't know if Ukraine is doing it completely in their effort to ruin his life, or if they really are so strapped they can't come to the table as partners, just fucksters.

I am certain of one thing, here. The so-called liberal victory we fought for in Ukraine was no such thing. Honestly. Get real. The * administration has never, not ever, backed a liberal victory anywhere in the world, and in fact has done much to overthrow any they can, however they can. That should tell you everything you need to know about the truth in Ukraine as it pertains to fair play and honorable behavior. Their perfidies here cannot help but be winning them much from their neocon friends.

If we could wish for anything from Obummer, with reason to believe he might really not disappoint, it would be that he just waves off this stupid collusion with Eastern European and Caucasian maniacs.

perhaps this will work out well

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This gas gig between Russia and Ukraine has been bubbling for quite a while, and since Gazprom had clearly been negotiating in good faith with Ukraine for so long, I couldn't condemn the shutoff... given that Ukraine has been making fairly hostile toward Russia in the past few years. Sorta like Dad cutting off yer credit card privileges when you are out partying with your drug dealer friends. That's just how it seems to me, even as I don't want energy to cost a penny from anyone, shithead or darling alike, and don't want people freezing in their homes either. Since money is making this world go 'round [the bend], Russia has been way more than just patient and reasonable, against shitty treatment and they were right to get the point made at last.

Somewhere this morning I ran across something from some maniac who went on at stultifying length about how the U.S. is involved in this stupid stalemate in order to get E.U. more interested in our pipeline through Afghanistan. He postulated that they would come help us police it so it can be built. Yish. WTF does he think we've been doing the last seven years? Killing Taliban? Pfeh. Clearly not. We don't need no fucking around in the Ukraine to get our pipeline. We needed 9/11. Check.

watch, the heck, on out, now

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She's not even kidding.

Wouldn't you like to have a Prime Minister to take care of this kind shit for us?

well, except for a couple of clowns and me

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I want them to DISBAND NATO. No use for it but warmongering these days. Now, Yushchenko and Saakashvili, of course, want to warmonger in it.

remember how hard we were pulling for him?

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I'm beginning to think we were sold a bill of goods. I think, yessir, I do think, our press was playing with us just as hard back then as they are now... only some of us didn't quite have the picture back then.

Some of us still don't.

I mean, do the math. He dissolved the parliament before the legal time for it. The judge was upholding the constitution. The president is trying to vanquish his opposition like a dictator.

no, no

z had me going there from over at the Big Blog... thinking they had reported a Russian frigate hijacked by the Somali pirates, and I was all, no-way-Jose over it, and it really was about a very badly-worded caption on a picture. First the Iranian cargo ship was taken -- which is being hyped as containing illicit deadly stuff meant for terrorists -- and then the Ukrainian ship bearing licit deadly stuff was taken, and the Russian frigate is on its way, and one of our ships is standing by to make sure the pirates don't offload any tanks or munitions from the Ukrainian ship while they're waiting for the Russians to arrive and sort it out... but really we're there to see if we can't turn it into a reason to nuke Iran....

That all makes sense. Right?

So but to start out with I thought I was reading that the Russian frigate had been taken on top of everything. The following piece came with a picture of the Russian frigate with the caption "EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: The Russian frigate Neustrashimy, which was sent to the coast of Somalia this week after a Ukrainian ship carrying arms, including 33 T-72 tanks, was also hijacked by Somali pirates. Picture: AP" under it, and that's what got everyone new to the issue flipping about the Russian frigate being taken. The page is taking about a month to load, and I don't know if it ever will again, so:

Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship
Andrew Donaldson | Published: Sep 28, 2008

A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates.

Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill “within days” of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died.

Andrew Mwangura, the director of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told the Sunday Times: “We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship.”

The vessel’s declared cargo consists of “minerals” and “industrial products”. But officials involved in negotiations over the ship are convinced that it was sailing for Eritrea to deliver small arms and chemical weapons to Somalia’s Islamist rebels.

The drama over the Iran Deyanat comes as speculation grew this week about whether the South African Navy would send a vessel to join the growing multinational force in the region.

A naval spokesman, Lieutenant-Commander Greyling van den Berg, told the Sunday Times that the navy had not been ordered by the government to become involved in “the Somali pirate issue”.

About 22000 ships a year pass through the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aden, where regional instability and “no-questions-asked” ransom payments have led to a dramatic rise in attacks on vessels by heavily armed Somali raiders in speedboats.

The Iran Deyanat was sailing in those waters on August 21, past the Horn of Africa and about 80 nautical miles southeast of Yemen, when it was boarded by about 40 pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. They were alleged members of a crime syndicate said to be based at Eyl, a small fishing village in northern Somalia.

The ship is owned and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, or IRISL, a state-owned company run by the Iranian military.

According to the US Treasury Department, the IRISL regularly falsifies shipping documents to hide the identity of end users, uses generic terms to describe shipments and operates under various covers to circumvent United Nations sanctions.

The ship set sail from Nanjing, China, at the end of July. According to its manifest, it was heading for Rotterdam where it would unload 42500 tons of iron ore and “industrial products” purchased by a German client.

At Eyl, the ship was secured by more pirates — about 50 on board, and another 50 on shore.

But within days those who had boarded the ship developed mysterious health trouble.

This was also confirmed by Hassan Allore Osman, minister of minerals and oil in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia.
He headed a delegation sent to Eyl when news of the toxic cargo and illnesses surfaced.

He told one news publication, The Long War Journal, that during the six days he had negotiated with the pirates, a number of them had become sick and died.

“That ship is unusual,” he was quoted as saying. “It is not carrying a normal shipment.”

The pirates did reveal that they had tried to inspect the ship’s cargo containers when some of them fell sick — but the containers were locked.

Osman’s delegation spoke to the ship’s captain and its engineer by cellphone, demanding to know more about the cargo.
Initially it was claimed the cargo contained “crude oil”; later it was said to be “minerals”.

And Mwangura has added: “Our sources say it contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals.”

But IRISL has denied that — and threatened legal action against Mwangura. The company has reportedly paid the pirates 200000 — the first of several “ransom instalments”, but that, too, has been denied.

And while looking to confirm this outlandish idea of the Russian military being skunked by Somali pirates, I came up with this freakish bit with a really strategically missed space between the words "guards" and "ship", which you will admit is completely outrageous:

US destroyer guardsship seized by pirates
AP | Monday, 29 September 2008

A US Navy destroyer was stationed off Somalia yesterday to ensure that Somali pirates did not remove tanks, ammunition and other heavy weapons from a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship.

The pirates have demanded $35m (£19m) to release the cargo ship Faina and its 21 crew, warning of dire consequences if military action is taken to try to free the vessel. The ship was seized on Thursday as it sailed to Kenya with 33 Russian-built T-72 tanks, ammunition and spare parts ordered by the Kenyan government.

The Americans appeared to be keeping an eye on the Faina until the Russian missile frigate Neustrashimy reached the area. A spokesman for the US 5th Fleet said the San Diego-based USS Howard had the Faina in sight yesterday but "cannot hear what is going on" on board.

He said that the Navy had tried to communicate with the Faina's crew but so far had not had a response. The BBC claimed to have spoken to the pirates by satellite phone and been told that one of the crew members had died of an illness.

What a flippin' nerve wrecker. I thought again I'd been hit by that bread truck, lying in a nightmare-filled coma somewhere... which, actually, I'm still heavily suspicious that is at the root of all of this... but, well....

But then there was:

Pirates demand $20 million for ship
By Mohamed Olad Hassan
Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman said his group was demanding a $20 million ransom to release a cargo ship loaded with Russian tanks.

The spokesman warned that the pirates would fight to the death if any country tried military action to regain the ship, and a man who said he was the ship's captain reported that one crew member had died.

Pirates seized the Ukrainian-operated ship Faina off the coast of Somalia on Thursday as it headed to Kenya carrying 33 Russian-built T-72 tanks and a substantial amount of ammunition and spare parts. The ordnance had been ordered by the Kenyan government.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Howard was stationed off the Somali coast on Sunday, making sure that pirates did not remove the tanks, ammunition and other heavy weapons from the ship, which was anchored off the coast.

A spokesman for the U.S. 5th fleet said the Navy remained "deeply concerned" over the fate of the ship's 21-member crew and cargo.

In a rare gesture of cooperation, the Americans appeared to be keeping an eye on the Faina until a Russian missile frigate reaches the area. The Neustrashimy, or Intrepid, was still in the Atlantic on Sunday, the Russian navy reported.

A man who said he was the captain of the ship and who identified himself as Viktor Nikolsky said that a Russian crew member died Sunday because of hypertension.

Which would definitely indicate that no Russian frigate got hijacked by Pirates because it hadn't even arrived on the scene yet... and eventually led me to figure out what the heck they were talking about and it wasn't about no Russian frigate or US guard ship being taken by a band of crazed Somali pirates.

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS THAT EVEN SLOW READERS READ TOO FAST ON THE INTERTUBES.

Now [midnight thirty] I'm going out for my smoke. Sheesh.

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Ukrainian people maybe not so anti-Russia as we've been led to believe?

Help figuring it out....