http://www.naturallynews.org/Transportation/argh-me-mates--pay-the-ransom-/ "You're sitting on a huge ship filled with flammable liquid. You don't want somebody with a gun on top of that," said Roger Middleton a piracy expert at Chatham House. This could be the most environmentally devastating act of piracy ever. Imagine if it was used as a battering ram against an offshore oil platform. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:39 UTC en