Somali pirates, what would YOU do?

[Thorum]

Oh, Somalia. Lovely place, no? Here's today's headline:

Somali pirates seize cargo ship, 21 U.S. sailors.

Hijackers 'attack' vessel operated by firm with links to Defense Department.



Well, is there really any question? Pardon my English, but they and the coastal havens should be blown the fuck out of the water!!

Muslim monkeys...

Excellent website put out by the "International Commercial Crime Services":

- Live Piracy Report

- Live Piracy Map

[Eldritch]

I can't believe I find myself defending Somalis, one of the most despicable groups of people to have ever existed ...

I all fairness, it has to said that almost all Somali pirates are former fishermen, whose fishing waters have been ruined due to environmental pollution. That's how it is foliks, like it or not.

However that does not mean I don't advocate blowing them out of the water whenever necessary. Ther smart thing to do would be to manipulate the Somalian sea bandits, beach bandits, highway bandits, city and town bandits, local feudal overlords, the Islamist extremist headcases, etc, etc, to wipe each other out.

The other alternative would be to inundate the whole country in Zyklon-B.

[Æmeric]

American crew members aboard a U.S.-flagged ship have regained control of the vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia Wednesday, FOX News confirms.

Defense Department officials confirmed that one pirate is in custody. A U.S. official said the status of the other pirates is unknown but they were reported to "be in the water."

"All the crew members are trained in security detail in how to deal with piracy," Maersk CEO John Reinhart told reporters. "As merchant vessels we do not carry arms. We have ways to push back, but we do not carry arms."

John Harris, CEO of HollowPoint Security Services, which specializes in maritime security, said that the crew's overtaking the pirates could help prevent future hijackings, especially since the military can't be protect the entire high seas.

"Any time you can get intel from them, they can give you any kind of significant information, they more than likely will not, but anything we can get will always help us in the future," Harris told FOX News.

"Naval vessels ... can't be everywhere at one time, just like law enforcement," he said, noting that the U.S. Navy has been protecting the most vulnerable shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean.

"If you saturate an area long enough in the shipping lanes, if you saturate it with war ships long enough, they venture out. In this case that's what they did. They want 350 miles out of the coast where no Naval vessels were present," he said.

Continue reading;

[Skandi]

1. Well done
2. They should bloody well carry arms

Is it still the case that all British merchant vessels have to have specially strengthened decks so that they can be mounted with deck guns at short notice? If so that would put the pirates off.

[Thorum]

I never would have guessed. Someone grew some balls?

[Thorum]

Apparently the monkeys, err, I mean the pirates, took the Captain and he is now being held hostage somewhere in Somalia (?).

"International naval forces from several countries, including the U.S. Navy, are sending vessels to the scene. According to one source, the pirates are essentially 'all alone, more than 300 miles out to sea, and warships from several countries are on the way.'"

This should be interesting. My bets are that someone will pay a ransom for the captain.

[The Lawspeaker]

What would I have done ? Three things: brought the troops home from Afghanistan and put some armed soldiers on Dutch cargo ships and let them be escorted by the Dutch navy and blow every goddamn Somali out of the water.
The soldiers would have the order to shoot every pirate they can get their hands on (no prisoners) and even shoot at any small boat passing by- and of course arm and train the crews as well.

This would be just a start- the rest will be taken care off internationally: I like Exordium's idea of inundating all off bloody Somalia in Zyklon-B.

[Thorum]

This could be interesting:

US warship in stand-off with pirates holding American captain hostage

"The upsurge in attacks makes a mockery of an unprecedented international naval effort against the pirates, including ships from Europe, the United States, China, Japan and others."

A bit of an understatement, no?

[Manifest Destiny]

Do what the Indian Navy just did, sink the pirate ships. Use deadly force. They are terrorists & criminals, treat them as such.

This.

[The Lawspeaker]

Since those people are not on our level of decency and civilization I would resort to a punishment that was used by the Dutch and British (and undoubtedly many other (merchant) navies of the day) navies of the 17th and 18th century:

Any captured pirate should swing from the mast with a rope around his neck or undergo keelhauling over the length of the keel. It may seem barbaric but that is the only message they will understand. Remember: we are in the 21th century- they are still in the Middle Ages.