Ransom pictures a fluke, says US Navy

US NAVAL forces have suggested that luck, rather than 24-hour surveillance or knowledge of any negotiations, allowed them to photograph the exact moment a ransom payment was made for a hijacked tanker in Somalia, writes Michelle Wiese Bockmann.

Images showing a parcel of money being parachuted on board the very large crude carrier Sirius Star were...

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