bits of news
Just a few stories before I close all these tabs.
Both Somali pirates and the actual owner of the vessel are being quoted as saying a deal has been reached to release MV Faina, the Ukrainian ship hijacked September 25 carrying a cargo that includes 33 T-72 tanks.
The Mumbai attackers used the same mothership tactic the Somali pirates have been favoring, landing in small boats that had been launched from a larger ship. It’s a logical confluence- assymetric warfare is the order of the day. But it doesn’t mean the two have gotten together in any way. They just face similar conditions.
“Once I started paying attention, I couldn’t find any acorns anywhere. Not from white oaks, red oaks or black oaks, and this was supposed to be their big year,” said Greg Zell, a naturalist at Long Branch Nature Center in Arlington. “We’re talking zero. Not a single acorn. It’s really bizarre.”
