LOCO MEDIA 3: Britneys Songs Leave Somali Pirates Saying Arrr! Yahoo Music Britney Spears helps stop Somali pirate activity. (Getty) Can Britney Spears ward off a group of swashbuckling pirates? According to the British Royal Navy, the answer is aye aye, Captain. The Toxic singers catchy early hits like Oops! I Did It Again and ...Baby One More Time have been used by naval officers to ward off Somali pirates off the east coast of Africa. Her songs were chosen by the security team because they thought the pirates would hate them most, Merchant Navy Second Officer Rachel Owens, who works on supertankers, told Metro UK. Heavily armed Somali pirates regularly target cargo ships in the area and collected more than $40 million in goods in 2012, but according to a report presented to the United Nations Security Council, pirate attacks are at their lowest since 2006. In the first nine months since 2013, only 17 vessels have been attacked compared to 99 attacks in the same time period in the previous year. These guys cant stand western culture or music, making Britneys hits perfect. As soon as the pirates get a blast of Britney, they move on as quickly as they can,
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:02:17 +0000
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