Somali Pirates Open Fire on Japanese Oil Tanker in Gulf of Aden - Oil Spikes to New Record $117.40 a Barrel Afterwards

Published: April 21, 2008, 2:35 pm

Tags: oil spikes to new record, japanese oil tanker, pirates, attack, somali, gulf of aden

Somali Pirates Open Fire on Japanese Oil Tanker in Gulf of Aden early Monday - Oil Spikes to New Record $117.40 a Barrel AfterwardsMonday, April 21, 2008MonstersAndCritics.com brings us this VERY troubling news today and it starts off like this... Somali pirates opened fire on a Japanese tanker in the Gulf of Aden early Monday, but were scared away, according to Yemeni officials and a German military officer... The vessel was hit by a rocket fired by the pirates sailing in a small boat, said Nippon Yusen KK, the owners of the 332-metre-long crude-oil carrier Takayama... Yemeni coastguard officials said the tanker was about 145 kilometers off the south-eastern Yemeni port of Mukalla when it came under attack. The pirates had fired a rocket at the ship after they failed to seize it, the officials said...Read the rest at link below...Somali pirates give up bid to seize Japanese oil tanker* AP.Google.com reports it this way... Oil prices spiked to a record $117.40 a barrel after a

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