Hostages Taken off Somalia - Page 10

Solitude · 18-11-2009, 12:01

BBC NEWS | UK | MoD vessel 'watched yacht couple'

Stillraining · 18-11-2009, 12:25

They are criminals ...escalate away... Na ..na.na..Na.na.....my gun is bigger then your gun.......

But if we don't put a stop to them soon that is going to be harder and harder to say I'm afraid... with out this much fire power pictured and allot of hostage deaths... I don't get it...I just don't get it....No attack at this point should leave any breathing pirates or attack vesels aflote...All ships passing that area should be blockaded themselves in my opinion if not capable of retaliatory fire in a big way.

Not doing so endangers ALL the world shipping by demonstrating that crime on the high seas does indeed pay.
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markpj23 · 18-11-2009, 12:39

The Spanish government has now paid some $3.3M (US equivalent) to pirates that held the crew of a Spanish trawler.

Is it any wonder that piracy is a growing career choice in the region?

Maybe we need to start having escorted convoys again. Give the NATO folks something to do while spending those training days at sea.

fishwife · 18-11-2009, 13:14

If the pirates are using 'mother ships' why is it beyond the capability of the joint task force to interdict those ships, shadow them and inspect or sink any skiff launched from said 'motherships'?

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Stillraining Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Puget Sound Boat: Irwin 41 CC Ketch Posts: 1,014	They are criminals ...escalate away... Na ..na.na..Na.na.....my gun is bigger then your gun....... But if we don't put a stop to them soon that is going to be harder and harder to say I'm afraid... with out this much fire power pictured and allot of hostage deaths... I don't get it...I just don't get it....No attack at this point should leave any breathing pirates or attack vesels aflote...All ships passing that area should be blockaded themselves in my opinion if not capable of retaliatory fire in a big way. Not doing so endangers ALL the world shipping by demonstrating that crime on the high seas does indeed pay. Attached Images __________________ "Go simple, go large!". Relationships are everything to me...everything else in life is just a tool to enhance them.

18-11-2009, 12:39	#138
markpj23 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Palmetto, FL Boat: Manta 42 - "Nauticat" Posts: 959	Another Ransom Paid.... The Spanish government has now paid some $3.3M (US equivalent) to pirates that held the crew of a Spanish trawler. Is it any wonder that piracy is a growing career choice in the region? Maybe we need to start having escorted convoys again. Give the NATO folks something to do while spending those training days at sea. __________________ Mark

18-11-2009, 13:14	#139
fishwife Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London, boat wintering in Morocco Posts: 140	If the pirates are using 'mother ships' why is it beyond the capability of the joint task force to interdict those ships, shadow them and inspect or sink any skiff launched from said 'motherships'? __________________ The message is the journey, we are sure the answer lies in the destination. But in reality, there is no station, no place to arrive at once and for all. The joy of life is the trip, and the station is a dream that constantly out distances us”. Robert Hastings, The Station

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