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Nov 23, 2008, 11:24 GMT
Standoff continues between Somali pirates and insurgent group
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With Islamist fighters vowing to attack the pirates for seizing a ship from a Muslim country only goes towards the truth that all muslim countries are united in the Jihad. The pirates are out to get what they can but Islam wants the world to surrender.
sink the pirates, once they're boat is full of holes,they'll be walking the plank. thinking about the long swim to shore with the sharks.if they're refusal to be boarded and fire at our navies, then the return fire from our swift boats and choppers should gattaling gun there boats hulls.nobody wants to be in range of,or the sights of a rapid fire 50 caliber.also the pirates lair of boats lined up on the beach in a row would be perfact target practice for a patroling chopper. not much point in launching ther're boats that are full of holes.
What I don't get is why aren't these ships protected? The oil companies are gouging the world with their prices, and making bigger and bigger profits. Let them pay a few thousand dollars, euros, pounds, rubles, or whatever and hire armed guards for the ships. In the meantime, all the countries that have sent naval ships to protect the oil and cargo ships should send bills to the ship owners for the expenses.
Unfortunately, I can appreciate the difficulty and sensitivity of this - this article says that 16 ships are being held. This is huge, and holding 16 ships is not something done by a handful of 'bad men' I can't imagine the total number of people involved in this piracy but I assume it's quite a few.
It would seem to me that the only answer is to have a multi-country coalition storm the port area with troops, and I mean fast and furious. There needs to be a deterrent.
what a bunch of typical muslim/islamic lip service. These islamic militants just want a cut of the ransom so they can merrily go back home and rape their children and sodomize the neighborhood boys.
...you hit it on the head. The loot gets cut and everyone gets some. Think about 16 ships....and how these chuckleheads let this happen.
This can end, or be vastly curtailed with some JDAM's in the right homes. India just destroyed a Pirate mother ship last week, which represents real progress.
Most of all, it is Islamic piracy-on-Islamic flags...go figure...?
Wasnt mohammed's claim to fame that he was a caravan raider?
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